Black families increasingly choose to homeschool kids
In the last 15 years, the number of black children in homeschool has doubled from 103000 to about 220000. Black parents cite a number of reasons for homeschooling children, including concern...
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HARI SREENIVASAN: One of the most important choices a parent or guardian makes is where to send a child to school. And an increasing number are deciding not to send them at all, instead educating them at home. One segment of this growing movement - African Americans - are looking to provide their children the history and social context they say can’t be found in public schools. Ivette Feliciano reports from Atlanta, Georgia. AKBAR IMHOTEP AND AUDIENCE: I’m not going to the wedding... IVETTE FELICIANO: At the Atlanta home of 19th century writer, Joel Chandler Harris, best known for his Uncle Remus African American folktales, Akbar Imhotep is keeping alive the oral tradition that inspired Chandler’s books. AKBAR IMHOTEP: Listen to the words and help t...
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HARI SREENIVASAN: One of the most important choices a parent or guardian makes is where to send a child to school. And an increasing number are deciding not to send them at all, instead educating them at home. One segment of this growing movement - African Americans - are looking to provide their children the history and social context they say can’t be found in public schools. Ivette Feliciano reports from Atlanta, Georgia. AKBAR IMHOTEP AND AUDIENCE: I’m not going to the wedding... IVETTE FELICIANO: At the Atlanta home of 19th century writer, Joel Chandler Harris, best known for his Uncle Remus African American folktales, Akbar Imhotep is keeping alive the oral tradition that inspired Chandler’s books. AKBAR IMHOTEP: Listen to the words and help t...
