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Tuesday, November 26, 2002
Survey: Homeschooling
knows no color
Many black parents educating children, citing same reasons as whites
Posted: November 26, 2002
1:00 a.m. Eastern
© 2002 WorldNetDaily.com
Countering a common stereotype of homeschoolers, a survey in Baltimore showed that 500
of
the city's 1,200 home-educated children are black.
Baltimore City Community College professor Arnita Hicks McArthur found, to her
surprise, that
black parents are educating their kids at home, and doing it for the same reasons
cited by white
parents, according to Baltimore Sun columnist Mike Bowler.
"The results of the survey were affirming," said McArthur, a teacher of Spanish,
English and
speech. "They showed that all parents just want the best for their children. And when
they're not
getting it, they can take education into their own hands. Thank God for that."
McArthur, former president of the Baltimore school board, conducted her survey last
year with
the assistance of Ron Gregory, who keeps track of home education for the city's
schools.
She found black parents, like whites, deplore poor discipline and violence in the
public schools
and believe they can do a better job meeting their children's needs. Many believe a
spiritual
foundation should be central to education.
On a questionnaire, which assured anonymity, parents commented:
* "There is an increase of student violence which disrupts the classroom environment
and
prevents teachers from teaching."
* "There is turmoil in the school system."
* "I know what [my children's] strong and weak points are. I can give them the
one-on-one
attention they need."
Many of the parents, according to McArthur, "felt there were no religious or biblical
values
included in instruction. They felt that God should be included in the curriculum."
McArthur's work was conducted for an education research course at Towson University,
near
Baltimore.
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leading by natural tendency to one over the body.
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