I can feel it. The panic and overwhelm that has led you to this post on how to homeschool your child during this COVID-19 outbreak. I am here to tell you to take a deep breath and relax. I’m serious. As different and new as this time is for all…

The global pandemic known as COVID-19 has led to US school closings around the nation. Parents who relied on public, private and charter schools have had to take the lead in curating their children’s education, not by choice, but, because of necessity. In the video below, I offer tips to…

Yesterday afternoon, I had the privilege of sitting down with a group of about ten people to talk about the practice of raising Black children, drawing from my recent research on dual-enrolled homeschooled African American children and my experience as a parent and educator. The participants included Black mothers, a…

The latest news circulating regarding college admission is the large number of four-year colleges and universities that are considering college students who have not submitted SAT or ACT scores. That’s right, many colleges are becoming SAT (or ACT) optional schools. As a homeschooling parent, I was very excited to hear…

Two years ago, my daughter attended a public magnet school for 7th and 8th grade but asked to be homeschooled for high school. Homeschool is PK-12 instruction that is implemented and/or curated by the student’s parent(s) within a structured or unstructured learning environment. Homeschooling rates have continued to grow in…

My first up-close and personal observation of homeschooling — where a child was not enrolled in traditional schooling and the learning experience was solely curated by the parent- was when my mother decided to homeschool my brother who was in middle school. This was in the mid-1990’s. He had been…

Yes, this sounds pretty extra and way too corporate and duty-like. But, like nonprofits that develop mission statements to make it clear to their public who they serve and what their goals are, you need to be clear about what it is you are striving to do as the curator…

Jane Elliott is a former third-grade schoolteacher, anti-racism activist, and educator. She is known for her “Blue eyes-Brown eyes”…