The Homeschool Alternative

Incorporating a Homeschool Mindset for the Benefit of Black Children in America

Myiesha Taylor, Haley Taylor Schlitz

• Publisher: Myiesha Taylor
• Year: 2019
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9780578411491
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Inclusive Education

Traditional schooling systems are proving to be suboptimal learning environments for many students of color. Black parents bear witness to the myriad of problems their children face at school and are becoming increasingly frustrated with the inability to implement positive and constructive change. Many understand the immense value an education provides and understand its empowering effects in the lives of their children. However, as traditional systems of education fail their children, they feel they have no alternatives.  As a Black mother, Myiesha experienced this first-hand. As she noticed her daughter, Haley, lose her passion for learning in public school, she made the bold decision to simply pull her out and homeschool her. Homeschooling is fraught with myths and misconceptions and with this how-to guide, memoir fusion, Haley and Myiesha offer insight and enlighten readers on the “real deal” of homeschooling. Primarily that homeschooling is a mindset—a mindset that can be incorporated into all aspects of child-rearing. There are many options and opportunities to incorporate a homeschooling mindset, even if a family utilizes the public school system.

Table of contents

• Note about this book
• A Mother’s Intuition
• Lioness
• Why Consider Homeschooling?
• Book Outline
• Chapter 1: Historical Perspective
• Chapter 2: Being a Child
• Chapter 3: Being a Black Child in America
• Chapter 4: Being Black and Tested
• Chapter 5: Being Schooled
• Chapter 6: Being Black and Schooled
• Chapter 7: The Homeschooling Mindset
• Chapter 8: Black Homeschooler
• Chapter 9: The Myth of “Good” Socialization
• Chapter 10: Benefits of Homeschooling
• Chapter 11: The Issue of Survivor’s Remorse
• Chapter 12: What Does it Take?
• Chapter 13: Options
• Chapter 14: Being Homeschooled
• Chapter 15: Learning the Rules
• Chapter 16: Learning Your Child
• Chapter 17: Adopt the “Homeschooling Mindset”
• Chapter 18: Align Your Resources
• Chapter 19: Plan Your Homeschool
• Chapter 20: Starting Your Homeschool
• Chapter 21: What Homeschooling Can Look Like
• Chapter 22: Preparing for College
• Chapter 23: Enrichment and Homeschooling Resources
• Chapter 24: General Homeschooling Advice
• Chapter 25: Frequently Asked Questions
• Appendix: American Black History Timeline
• References, Works-Cited, and Additional Reading