More and more black parents across the UK are deciding to take their children out of school and take their education into their own hands. When parents decide to remove their child from school, it is usually due to negative experiences within the public school system. However, some black parents had already decided to never …
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Michelle Israel, Luton, UK, didn’t plan to homeschool for longer than a year… but now she is glad she did! 2 Children: Amélie, aged 8 and Judea aged 3 “When I first started homeschooling for the first year I classed myself as an ‘accidental homeschooler’. I only ever intended to homeschool for 1 year… 3 …
According to The Edvocate, research shows that black boys from countries in the west struggle the most with reading skills. In California, 75% of black boys don’t meet the reading standards set by the state. Likewise, in many other countries, black boys lag behind black girls and boys from other ethnicities in reading skills. Firstly, I …
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To elevate our black communities, we need to instil values that can support responsibility, unity, and peace. Chess is a game that instils these values. Teaching our black children how to play it, from a young age, is crucial. Research shows that from just playing chess, children adopt the best habits to help them not …
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Enough is enough. For many back parents, it’s a hopeless struggle to protect their children inside a public school system historically designed to limit the black child’s scholarly ambitions through a dangerous combination of racism, disengagement and social exclusion.
Approaching the matter of teaching black history to your preschooler doesn’t need to be any different from teaching them about math or science or any other subject – it just needs to be fun and relatable. As your child is still quite young and has many academic years ahead of them, you also do not …
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How To Deregister Your Child From School And Begin Homeschooling: If you want to take your child out of a school in England and begin your home education journey, you have come to the right place! We at The Black Homeschool Forum are huge home education advocates and want to help as many parents on …
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Firstly, to answer your question, ‘Can I Homeschool As A Single Parent?’,yes – you absolutely can!This is the short answer. Now, for the long answer I am going to break this down into topics to consider. Homeschooling As a Single Parent:A Challenge But Not Impossible Black parents choose to explore the homeschooling route for many …
