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Nikita Bush's career as a public school teacher came to an end when she faced the decision of how to educate her own children. Having been told for years that American public schools would eventually get better for black children, the number of African-American homeschooling parents like Ms. Bush has doubled in little over a decade.
As Patrick Jonsson of the Christian Science monitor reports, studies show all kinds of public school problems disproportionately affect black children, and many parents have decided to take matters into their own hands. Even single parents are forming co-ops to make it possible to educate their children together outside of the public school system.
What do you do when you feel the system is failing your child and their education?
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Monday August 22 2016, @02:26PM
Now you're being silly. I don't know anyone in real life who uses a *nix operating system, aside from industrial applications. So, I don't know any black people who use *nix.
Don't even tell me about some black person you met on the intarwebs. Here, any of us can be whatever color we like. Ain't no white people, except for places like Stormfront, ain't no black people, no brown people. Maybe on Facebook you're still a member of a race, but not out here in the www - the wild wild west.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 22 2016, @03:46PM
I set next to a black Linux Syadmin at work, and know of several others in the building. If black was a higher percentage of the population here it likley would know more, which is why most of the admins here are Mexican or white.
(Score: 2) by dyingtolive on Monday August 22 2016, @06:18PM
Black guy I worked with (before he went to work for the Fed Reserve) used Fedora on his home computer.
Dad saw fit to make my entire family use flavors of Ubuntu derivatives. Mom dual boots so she can play The Sims, but I think that's about it.
Not trying to be contrary, just offering a couple anecdotes.
Don't blame me, I voted for moose wang!
(Score: 2) by julian on Monday August 22 2016, @06:28PM
Being pedantic here, we're nerds talking about operating systems so you should expect that, but anyone using an Android phone is using a *nix OS; although it's such a denatured and restricted form that it barely counts in spirit.
:-)