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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 22 2016, @12:45PM
Also military brat, and the best school I ever attended was in the ghetto.
Reason- I actually applied myself so some teachers took an interest in me beyond the other twits causing problems.
In the suburbs, I was just another face trying to get ahead. In San Berdo, I was a hunk of coal hoping to be a diamond.
My parents were mostly absentee, so no great shakes there.
Anyhoo, the point being beyond all the talk of money, parents, teachers and whatnot, I find it hard to believe anyone who doesn't try their best even in the most trying of circumstances won't make some headway towards a better life. Maybe it's culture, maybe it's just being terrified of never escaping a shithole, but at some point you have to take it upon yourself not to be a victim of circumstance.