More African-Americans Choosing To Home-School

The Chicago Tribune (1/2, Slife) reported, "Home-schooling experts say more African-American families are choosing to school their children at home, opting out of public schools, which critics say may be not only failing their children, but also in some cases shortchanging them of their history." According to the Tribune, "Minorities make up nearly 15 percent of the approximately 2 million home-schooled students in the country, according to the National Home Education Research Institute, whose founder and president, Brian Ray, has been studying home schooling for 27 years. Although numbers reflecting the trends and demographics of home-schooled children are hard to come by,...experts and leaders in the field say there is no doubt that minority participation is growing."