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Associations
National Black Home Educators
We have assembled (and are continuing to search out) a few of
the most treasured resources that we believe will build up the
family.
Mocha Moms
A support group for mothers of color who have chosen not to work full-time outside of the home in order to devote more time to their families and communities.
Articles
The
African-American March in Homeschooling
About the time talk was spreading that our black brothers and
sisters were indifferent to home education, I had the delightful
experience of meeting Helen Jackson in court. By Raymond Moore.
For Some Black Parents, the New Home Room is Home
Public schools are failing black boys, say a growing number of parents who are homeschooling. Deion Terry Rhoden, P. Aurora Robinson and her son Tau Issa Robinson-Farrar holding class in Bread-Stuy, a Beford Stuyvesant cafê. By Chloe A. Hilliard, The Village Voice, April 8, 2008.
Homeschool Mom Tips
News and views on political, economic, legal and socio-cultural
issues that impact homeschooling families. By Victoria Carrington,
M.D., an African-American homeschooling mom and The Mom Coach.
Freelance writer: parenting, mental health & inspirational
speaker and workshop leader.
A
Talk with Paula Penn-Nabrit
Home-schooling is a radical step. What caused you and your husband
to take your children out of school and take their education
into their own hands?
Events
Mocha Moms National Conference July 21 - 24, 2011. Las Vegas NV. Our National Conference is a valuable opportunity for members from over 100 chapters around the country to enjoy an educational, rejuvenating, and empowering weekend in the true spirit of Mocha.
Online
Afrocentric Homeschoolers NEW
This cypher is to unify the minds of those of us who educate our children in a way that reflects our Afrikan culture. Providing knowledge of self from antiquity until now is very empowering not only for the children, but for the entire family unit. Come and share your ideas methods, stories and experiences. Where there is unity there is strength.
Black Homeschoolers Club
Welcome to the ultimate social networking site for black homeschoolers! We're glad you're here. We set this site up to help you share educational goals and curriculum plans as well as connect with families.
Resources
Black Homeschoolers Magazine NEW
The online presence for The Black Home Schoolers Association. We started our organization not just as a meet-up for existing homeschoolers but to encourage others to homeschool. It is our belief that the public school system is not the best way to educate our children. We feel that homeschooling our children is the best investment in their future that we can possibly make.
Heritage House Press Telling the Whole Story, African Americans in History Series, reveals some of the best hidden treasures of American History. Each Telling the Whole Story character study includes the use of primary source documents, hands-on projects, and living books.
Support Groups
Brooklyn African American Homeschool Connections
Link up and get connected to BAHC, an African American/Caribbean
homeschooling support group in Brooklyn, NY. We support families
in Brooklyn and the tri-state area. Join us for monthly meet
ups and field trips.
DFW
Blackboard Texas. Focuses on enhancing the un/homeschool experience
for children of African descent by accomplishing four goals.
Ebony Homeschoolers
A Christian homeschool support fellowship established to strengthen
and encourage the African-American homeschooling community in
Memphis, Tennessee.
Families of Color Using Homeschooling
This is a group for Christian Families of Color who've opted to Home Educate their children. This is a HIGH volume email group, please take this into consideration prior to joining.
Homeschool
Hut
We are a group of African-centered homeschoolers located in the
Bronx. The Hut's Africancentered approach towards
a curriculum will best fulfill the needs of our children, our
communities and our people in hopes to initiate global solutions.
Minority
Homeschoolers of Texas
Promotes homeschooling among minorities: Asians, African-Americans,
Hispanics, Jews, Native Americans, and Anglos with adopted minority
children.
WISH Homeschool Foundation
A chief goal of WISH is to make African American children, and all children of color feel just as deserving of superiority in education as anyone else.
Homeschooling FAQs
101 Questions Every Homeschooling Parent Should Ask
LearningExpress Editors
Written by an experienced homeschooling instructor in a convenient Q and A format, this timely and comprehensive reference answers the 101 most frequently asked questions by prospective and current homeschooling parents.
Sacred in "Teach Me How To Teach My Child" are grass roots answers to many questions African American moms - in particular - are asking about education, healing, and guidance for our families in this new millennium.
Subtle but pervasive racism at public and private schools
spurred the Nabrits to homeschool their three sons, an option
seldom taken by black parents. The author examines the forces
behind the reluctance of black parents to homeschool as well
as the mounting pressures to consider it.
Why don't more African Americans school their children at
home? By many accounts, there is every reason to avoid public
schools, with their low academic expectations for black children,
their general avoidance of black history, and their reputation
for violence and negative peer pressure.
Guerrilla
Learning How to Give Your Kids a Real Education With or Without School
by Grace Llewellen
An empowering guide for parents who are concerned about their
children's education but want to work within the school system.
