African-Americans increasingly turn to home-schooling

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<p>"It’s the end of another school year, and for a growing number of African-American kids, it will be their last outside the home.</p>

<p>Nationwide, more and more families are choosing to home school their children each year, and the fastest growing segment of the home school movement is African-Americans, experts say. Some 220,000 black children are home-schooled, according to one estimate. . . . </p>

<p>". . . Nationwide, home-schooling grew from 1.7 percent of the school-age population in 1999 to 2.9 percent in 2007, according to the U.S. Department of Education. The total number of kids being home-schooled has more than doubled since 1999 to more than two million, according to estimates. Some 220,000 of those students are African-American, according to The National Home Education Research Institute.</p>

<p>George Noblit, an education sociologist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, said African-American parents increasingly turn to home-schooling to protect their children from drugs and bullying, as well as to ensure the kids get more individualized instruction." . . .</p>

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<p>Thanks for sharing this excellent article, Dave_Berry.</p>

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<p>That is really good news. Anytime a student has individualized attention and is removed from intense negative pressure, it’s for the benefit of all. There are some schools where there is not so much negative pressure, but for kids who do face that, a rigorous, rich home based education can be a superior option.</p>