being african american

I was thumbing through the current Business Week magazine and found an article entitled “Going Beyond Head Start,” authored by Christopher Farrell.  The article highlighted the results of a focus group study that separated 64 low-income African-American children ages 3 to 4 and worked with them to give them an academic head start.   40 years later, the […]

We’re on the road again.  My husband found a very disheartening article in the USA Today entitled “Same-sex marriage is surely a civil right”, which in essence states that African-Americans should be the first to support gay and lesbian rights because we understand better than most the look and feel of discrimination.   The author states […]

I found this insightful article while surfing Afro-centric sites today.  As many parents are now making decisions about school options for the coming year, I thought it was timely.  Remembering that whatever state your homeschool is in, you are so much better off than many, and continue to pray for our nation's educational systems.  Even […]

I received this e-mail not long ago from another African-American homeschooler considering using a Charlotte Mason approach to learning:   …in perusing ambleside.org and others I found that most if not all of the art, poetry, music involved is from a European perspective.  I want to find a way to integrate our African-American heritage into […]