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posted by martyb on Monday August 22 2016, @08:06AM   Printer-friendly
from the those-who-can,-do dept.

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?


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 22 2016, @01:55PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 22 2016, @01:55PM (#391620)

    So, what are you referencing when you mention San Antonio and Harrisburg? Seems out of place to just throw a couple cities in there without some context.

  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday August 22 2016, @02:02PM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Monday August 22 2016, @02:02PM (#391623) Journal

    My bad - I meant the capitals of the respective states, and I screwed the pooch with San Antonio. I should have said Austin - the capital of the largest state in the country, and the largest school system. I just threw in another random state's capital, which you may have deduced if I got the first capital right.

    Hey, I really know better. Sorry.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 22 2016, @02:11PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 22 2016, @02:11PM (#391631)

      Ok, makes sense. Usually San Antonio gets ignored by the rest of the country unless someone is talking about the Spurs so I didn't make that connection. Austin being only the 4th largest city in Texas I guess it's possible to assume it's not the capital. Growing up in Texas I guess has given me the assumption that everyone knows Austin is the capital.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 22 2016, @05:04PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 22 2016, @05:04PM (#391727)

      Austin is not the capital of Alaska.

      Maybe if we divided Alaska into three equal parts, Texas would be.