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(German National Association of Free Alternative Schools)
Address:
BFAS e.V.
c/o Freie Schule Kassel
Brandenburger Str. 5
34131 Kassel
Germany
Tel. +49 561 3161778
Fax. +49 561 34725
Email: info@freie-alternativschulen.de
Website: www.freie-alternativschulen.de
Name of contact person: Tilmann Kern
Year founded: 1988
Number of member schools: 106*
Number of member start-up groups: 34*
Number of students represented: 8,300*
*as of Sep. 2019
The BFAS is an amalgamation of alternative free schools, school start-up initiatives, institutions and individuals. It supports pedagogical reform in the direction of self-determined learning, democratic participation in decision making and mutual respect.
We Provide
- Advice for member schools and start-up initiatives
- Continued Professional Development
- Books and materials about alternative free schools
- A platform for networking and exchanges between alternative free schools, both nationally and internationally
- Public relations work for alternative free schools
We Aim to Support
- The application of the principles of the UN Childrens Rights Convention.
- Free education
- Increased influence of educational reform pedagogy in the political education debate.
- Equal financing and rights between alternative free schools and state schools.
- Increased public awareness about alternative free schools.