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Black Families Are Homeschooling At Higher Rates

ByRyan Glenn

Sep 8, 2021 African American, Black Families, Black Students, Home School, Home Schooling

Black families are homeschooling their children at increasing rates. According to the Census Bureau, parents who have withdrawn their children from public education in 2020 rose from 5% to 11%. For Black families, this figure rose from 3% to 16% since early pandemic America.
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There are scantly any studies or reports as to why these families are divesting in such large numbers; however, many parents have cited causes such as: a massive failure of the public education system, pervasive racism, and inequity.
Cheryl Fields-Smith, a professor at the University of Georgia’s Mary Frances Early College of Education, conducted a study of two dozen families, in and around Atlanta, of mixed economic and educational backgrounds in 2009 that chose to homeschool. Notwithstanding social status, many of the parents stated that their children were excessively punished or improperly recommended for special education and medication.
These disparities have been proven to be irrespective of public, private, or charter schools for Black children. Charter schools have been found to be more segregated than public schools, and a 2019 report by the National Center for Education Statistics found that they do not improve test scores anymore than public schools.
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Many of the sentiments being echoed amongst divesting parents cite Brown v. Board as a failure and a symbolic gesture towards equality and equity in America. Brown v. Board set off a chain of events that would fire Black educators, close Black schools, and send Black children to schools where they were not welcome.
For decades there has been a greater push within the Black community to home school our children; so it gives me great pleasure to say that, Black families are homeschooling at higher rates than any other demographic in America at the present moment. This is not only a byproduct of forced integration, but a response to how the public education system has failed Black children, and a prime example of why we need more and better Black owned and operated schools.
As good as it sounds that we collectively set a goal and are following through, it will not be enough to recover the literacy rate of Black boys, and dismantle the school to prison pipeline. Home schools are merely the first step. We need elite institutions like the Preparatory High School for Colored Youth (later named M Street School and renamed Dunbar High School) in every district with a strong Black presence. Only then will we overcome, recover, and repair our communities.

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