A compelling new feature in The Atlantic examines a stereotype-defying thread in the fabric of parental choice: black homeschooling. The homeschooling population in the United States is predominantly white and concentrated in suburban or rural areas. In 2016, black children accounted for 8 percent of the 1.7 million homeschooled students nationally, according to U.S.[Read More…]
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Key black school choice organization to close at the end of the year
The education reform movement will lose an important voice at the end of this year. The Black Alliance for Educational Options sent a note to supporters this morning announcing it will “cease operations” after Dec. 31. The group played a unique role in the school choice movement. It challenged charter[Read More…]
School choice and black history
If you want to know why black support is so strong for school choice, talk to black parents and listen to Howard Fuller. In the meantime, read “The State of Education in Black America,” a new report from the Black Alliance for Educational Options. As we’ve written before, the struggle for[Read More…]
BAEO enters legal fray to defend Florida tax credit scholarships
A national organization that fights for the academic needs of black students entered the lawsuit over Florida’s tax credit scholarship today. The group, Black Alliance for Educational Options, filed an amicus brief urging the First District Court of Appeal to reject the state teacher union’s attempt to shut down the scholarship[Read More…]
Howard Fuller: Parental choice fight in Florida is national issue
If its import wasn’t apparent already, parental choice leader Howard Fuller said Florida should be a national battleground after the Florida School Boards Association, Florida Education Association and other groups filed suit Aug. 28 to kill the nation’s largest private school choice program. “First off, we got to fight, and[Read More…]
Race, representation and the parental choice movement
In the face of a well-funded, organized opposition around the country, the education reform and parental school choice movements need to become more representative of the communities they aim to help. Kenneth Campbell, president of the Black Alliance for Educational Options, was not alone in making that case Tuesday at[Read More…]
BAEO’s Ken Campell: Don’t be afraid to note hypocrisy of school choice critics
Ken Campbell, president of the Black Alliance for Educational Options, has advice for school choice supporters who may be frustrated by critics who distort the evidence and hew to tired arguments. Call ’em out. “We have to recognize and not be afraid to call out the level of hypocrisy that[Read More…]
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From segregation to school choice
In the 60 years since the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision, the mission to offer every student equal access to a free and quality public education has made great strides. But there’s more work to do, say education advocates gathering this week for National School Choice Week. More[Read More…]