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Engagement Party

Meet the New Homeschoolers

Engagement Party

CNN

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4.6986 Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2023

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

The pandemic kicked off a dramatic rise in homeschooling. And who had the largest increase? Black families. This week, Audie talks with two parents who chose to homeschool their children, Carlos Birdsong and Sherri Mehta. They talk about what it’s like to be a part of the Black homeschooling movement, how they’re altering the public image of homeschooling, and whether they see themselves as part of the “parents' rights” movement. Athena Jones's report: ‘A form of resistance' To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Nowadays in the media, we can't talk about public school without talking about politics.

0:06.7

I will issue an order banning the teaching of critical race theory in our schools.

0:12.4

And the Florida House Committee approves a bill being called Don't Say Gay.

0:16.8

Activists demanding that the library ban more than 400 books.

0:20.7

I want to learn genuine history.

0:24.7

I'm thinking about starting a series called Reasons I left the teaching profession.

0:28.4

There's a lot.

0:29.9

And I'm part of this too.

0:31.5

The first episode of this show was about the so-called parents' rights movement, led by

0:35.9

moms for liberty and other conservative groups.

0:38.9

So if there's a history of slavery in the country, is that a fact?

0:42.2

I mean, you should be teaching about slavery, of course.

0:45.4

But you could, you know, you wouldn't, I guess when you would throw in your own personal bias or prejudice is when you would say that, for instance, like how the 16-19 project did.

1:00.1

The parents I spoke to were turning their concerns over their kids' education into a platform to win

1:06.2

school board elections. Another movement of parents is taking a different approach. Like banning the book has its ups and downs.

1:15.4

So what's the ups? Home schooling. The ups is that. Oh, I got it. I got it. One minute, one minute

1:21.7

debate. Who wants the pros? Who wants the con? Prove. No, con. Cod. Oh, it's too late.

1:28.3

Hold on.

1:29.3

Let me get my timer up here.

1:30.3

The number of black families choosing to homeschool has increased more than five times since the beginning of the pandemic, from about 3% to now around 16%.

1:41.3

That's according to the U.S. Census Household Pulse Survey. And it's a bigger jump than any

1:46.5

other racial group. We're doing something for ourselves, but I also think in the process of that,

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