You Don’t Have to be Stuck in a Bad School District | African American Homeschooling
The other day I was listening to Iowa Public Radio and heard a horrifying account about a school called Normandy High School. Apparently, it is one of the most violent schools in the nation. Normandy High is in the bottom 10% of Missouri high schools based on how the student body performed on the state reading and math exams. The drop out rate is around 40%. The school actually lost its accreditation for a few years and wound up being shut down. Its students were transferred to other schools, but due to political maneuvering, it wound up being reopened with what sounds to me like a bogus accreditation and all those students were once again imprisoned in this failing segregated school. I just want to scream at the parents, “YOU DON’T HAVE TO PUT UP WITH THIS! YOU HAVE A CHOICE! PULL YOUR KIDS OUT OF THERE AND HOMESCHOOL!” Fortunately, from what I understand many African American parents are getting this message. The black homeschooling community ...