Brooklyn Free School (BFS) will be featured as part of the radio broadcast This American Life. The program will air the weekend of, January 15-16, 2011, as part of their series titled “Kid Politics” – stories where kids are being handed adult sized decisions of all kinds.

BFS is a grassroots movement formed in the early fall of 2003, offering a true
educational alternative to the traditional orthodoxy of education now dominant
in most public and private schools in New York City. The community is composed
entirely of parents, students, educators and others who believe that freedom and
democracy are not just textbook concepts, but a way of living and learning – for
our children as well as ourselves. BFS is dedicated to the belief that all
students must be free to develop naturally as human beings in a non-coercive
educational environment where they are empowered to make decisions affecting
their everyday lives and that of their community.

Look for the podcast of this next week.