Homeschooling Black Children in the U.S.

Theory, Practice, and Popular Culture

Edited by:
Khadijah Ali-Coleman, Black Family Homeschool Educators and Scholars (BFHES)
Cheryl Fields-Smith, Black Family Homeschool Educators and Scholars (BFHES)

A volume in the series: Contemporary Perspectives on Black Homeschooling. Editor(s): Khadijah Ali-Coleman, Black Family Homeschool Educators and Scholars (BFHES).

Published 2022

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. Homeschooling Black Children in the US: Theory, Practice and Popular Culture 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.

Homeschooling Black Children in the US: Theory, Practice and Popular Culture 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.

CONTENTS
Dedications. Introduction, Cheryl Fields-Smith and Khadijah Ali-Coleman. Acknowledgments. From Our Ancestors to Today: The Significance of Contemporary Black Homeschooling in the U.S., Cheryl Fields-Smith. SECTION I: THEORY. Journey of a Black Homeschooled, Homeschooling, Home Education Scholar: An Autoethnography, Dannielle Joy Davis. Creating A Homeschool as Homeplace: Vision and Praxis, Brandi Nicole Hinnant-Crawford. Self-Efficacy Insights From a Public-School Educator Turned Home Educator, Meca Williams-Johnson. Neurosequential Learning Strategies and the Impact of Societal Racism, Adina Gardner. SECTION II: PRACTICE. Sandra’s Story: A Generational Commitment to College and Career Readiness Through Homeschool Education, Aaliyah Baker. Homeschooling: A Prayerful Act of Protest, Cheryl R. Carter. The Freedom to Homeschool: Community as Classroom, Kathaleena Edward Monds. “I Might Be a Maroon”: Homeschooling as Educational Liberation, Joy Howard and Micah Howard. Window Dressing Education: Barriers and Invitations, Maleka M. Diggs. “Only One Thing Left to Do”: An Invitation to Educational Freedom, Lora Smothers. SECTION III: POPULAR CULTURE. Become A Star Finder: Assisting Black Parents With Empowering Children to Achieve Academic Success Through Homeschooling, Anita Gibson. Adventures of the Accidental Homeschoolers, Andrea L. Dennis. Black Excellence: Dual Enrolled African American Homeschooled Students, Khadijah Ali-Coleman. About the Authors.