Homeschooling Growth aided by African Americans

From The Chronicle:
"Parents choose home schooling for a variety of reasons, St. Marie said. Like Marlin, some feel that their child's learning style is better suited for the individual education that home schooling can provide; others want to give their children that balance between the three R's and religion that public schools can't provide.

The latter drove Derek and Cheryl Carter to pull their child out of public school eight years ago. The Carters say they wanted to be the primary influencers of their child's morals. ''Somebody else's values may not be the same as ours,'' Derek Carter said. The Long Island, N.Y., couple now have three children, all of whom are educated at home by Cheryl Carter. Both Derek and Cheryl Carter run ministries that advocate for faith and family. They were among this year's conference speakers. Combined, they led nearly a dozen conference seminars.

The Carters and Marlin are among a growing number of African-Americans who are choosing to home school. Cheryl Carter says the number of Blacks home schooling is growing at the rate of about 10 percent a year. She believes more Blacks would be on board if they knew that home schooling does not require a ton of money or that a home educator be a rocket scientist. 'They just need encouragement that they can do this,' she said."

Read the article from The Chronicle in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.