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Palgrave Studies in Alternative Education

Palgrave Studies in Alternative Education

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Palgrave Studies in Alternative Education

Fields-Smith, Cheryl

This book expands the concept of homeplace with contemporary Black homeschooling positioned as a form of resistance among single Black mothers. Chapters explore each mother’s experience and unique context from their own perspectives in deciding to homeschool and developing their practice. It corroborates many of the issues that plague the education of Black children in America, including discipline disproportionality, frequent referrals to special education services, teachers’ low expectations, and the marginalization of Black parents as partners in traditional schools. This book demonstrates how single mothers experience the inequity in school choice policies and also provides an understanding of how single Black mothers experience home-school partnerships within traditional schools. Most importantly, this volume challenges stereotypical characterizations of who homeschools and why.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2020-03-06

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9783030425630

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-42564-7

Dimensions: 210cm x148cm

Pages: 148

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