Nine year old Guatemalan boy crosses into US alone to locate estranged mother By Jenny Goldsberry
Following the pandemic, many families are choosing to continue homeschooling rather than deal with “flawed” schools according to a report by the Associated Press .
“The surge has been confirmed by the U.S. Census Bureau , which reported in March that the rate of households homeschooling their children rose to 11% by September 2020, more than doubling from 5.4% just six months earlier,” AP Reporter David Crary. “Black households saw the largest jump; their homeschooling rate rose from 3.3% in the spring of 2020 to 16.1% in the fall.” Crary interviewed Joyce Burges, the co-founder and program director of National Black Home Educators. Burges claimed her organization had about 5,000 members before the pandemic and now has more than 35,000. When these Black families had trouble connecting to the internet to participate in virtual learning, […]
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