Glickman's essays celebrate Foxfire's 50-year anniversary, legacy

Carl Glickman, former university professor and professor emeritus of education, has recently published two essays on the Foxfire approach to education.

The Foxfire approach to education began in the classroom of a high school English teacher in Rabun Gap; the program is now celebrating its 50th anniversary. In one essay, published in the February edition of Kappan magazine, he writes of one teacher’s desire to make learning interesting for his students by making the classroom part of democratic life. “Foxfire belongs to the community as an irreplaceable contribution to the world, showing the staying power of students, classrooms, and schools partnering with their community to make education a contribution to both,” he writes.

A longer version focused on Foxfire’s impact in Georgia is in the current issue of PAGEOne, the magazine of the Professional Association of Georgia Educators. The PAGEOne essay can be found online.