Mission:

Foxfire (The Foxfire Fund, Inc.) is a not-for-profit, educational and literary organization based in Rabun County, Georgia. Founded in 1966, Foxfire's learner-centered, community-based educational approach is advocated through both a regional demonstration site (The Foxfire Museum) grounded in the Southern Appalachian culture that gave rise to Foxfire, and a national program of teacher training and support (the Foxfire Approach to Teaching and Learning) that promotes a sense of place and appreciation of local people, community, and culture as essential educational tools.

The Foxfire Core Practices, reflecting a learner-centered, community-based expression of the educational experience, hold great promise for improving instruction in American classrooms.

Foxfire is committed to the preservation of the original model of learner-centered, community-based education grounded in the Southern Appalachian culture that gave rise to Foxfire.

Foxfire is grounded on an appreciation of sense of place and respect for people, community, and culture as essential elements of education and democratic society.

Foxfire should use its physical resources as a working, national demonstration site to celebrate its roots in the Southern Appalachian culture and promote its mission.

Foxfire should grow deliberately by building upon its local resources and strengths, learning from the experiences, building upon the intellectual capital of Foxfire teachers and networks, and making use of the resources of enthusiastic parents, school leaders, and students.