Exploring Single Black Mothers' Resistance Through Homeschooling

This book expands the concept of homeplace with contemporary Black homeschooling positioned as a form of resistance among single Black mothers. Chapters explore each mother's experience and unique context from their own perspectives in deciding to homeschool and developing their practice. It corroborates many of the issues that plague the education of Black children in America, including discipline disproportionality, frequent referrals to special education services, teachers' low expectations, and the marginalization of Black parents as partners in traditional schools. This book demonstrates how single mothers experience the inequity in school choice policies and also provides an understanding of how single Black mothers experience home-school partnerships within traditional schools. Most importantly, this volume challenges stereotypical characterizations of who homeschools and why.

Auteur

Cheryl Fields-Smith is Associate Professor in Elementary Education at the University of Georgia, USA. Her research interests include family engagement, home-school-community partnerships, and homeschooling among Black families.

Contenu

1. Voices Speaking Truths from Our Past and Our Present2. Conceptualizing Contemporary Black Homeschooling and Single Black Mothers' Resistance3. Margaret Homeschooling as a Mother's Right4. Dahlia Homeschooling as a Last Resort5. Yvette Homeschooling as Split-schooling: Homeschooling One of Two6. Chloe Homeschooling as a Way of Life7. The Significance of Single Black Mothers Homeschooling