In 2021, the United States Census Bureau reported that in 2020, during
the rise of the global health pandemic COVID-19, homeschooling among
Black families increased five-fold. However, Black families had begun
choosing to homeschool even before COVID-19 led to school closures and
disrupted traditional school spaces. Homeschooling Black Children in
the US: Theory, Practice and Popular Culture offers an insightful look
at the growing practice of homeschooling by Black families through this
timely collection of articles by education practitioners, researchers,
homeschooling parents and homeschooled children.
Homeschooling Black Children in the US: Theory, Practice and Popular
Culture honestly presents how systemic racism and other factors
influence the decision of Black families to homeschool. In addition, the
book chapters illustrate in different ways how self-determination
manifests within the homeschooling practice. Researchers Khadijah
Ali-Coleman and Cheryl Fields-Smith have edited a compilation of work
that explores the varied experiences of parents homeschooling Black
children before, during and after COVID-19. From veteran homeschooling
parents sharing their practice to researchers reporting their data
collected pre-COVID, this anthology of work presents an overview that
gives substantive insight into what the practice of homeschooling looks
like for many Black families in the United States.
