Homeschooling Black Children in the U.S.

<p class=ql-align-justify>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. <em>Homeschooling Black Children in the US: Theory Practice and Popular Culture </em>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.</p><p class=ql-align-justify> </p><p><em>Homeschooling Black Children in the US: Theory Practice and Popular Culture </em>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. </p>