A recent US Census Report indicated that Black homeschooling families have increased from 3-5% of homeschooling families before 2020 to 16% of homeschooling families during the first year of the COVID-19 global health pandemic. Listen to our podcast as we discuss issues related to black families homeschooling, including the recent rise.
 

Recent BFHES Press:

Homeschooling 101: Demystifying the Homeschool Experience, The Baltimore Times, August 2025

Black parents continue to choose independent education for their children, The Final Call, November 2024

'A form of resistance': More Black families are choosing to homeschool their children, CNN, March 2023

‘No more skewed history’: why Black families homeschooling grew fivefold, The Guardian, Feb 2023

The surprising Covid legacy for America’s homeschoolers, Financial Times, Jan 2023

Homeschooling on the rise since pandemic; could have lasting effects on public schools, WJLA-ABC, May 2022

The pandemic pushed more families to home-school. Many are sticking with it​, The Los Angeles Times, Jan. 2022

Homeschooling with Dr. Ali-Coleman, BlackUSA.News Morning Show, Jan. 2022

Black families are finding empowerment in homeschooling. And it's not just amid COVID-19​, USA Today, Sept. 2021

Post-COVID Restrictions, Why Are Many Black Parents Still Home-Schooling?, Slate Magazine, August 2021

Home schooling exploded among Black, Asian and Latino students. But it wasn’t just the pandemic., The Washington Post, July 2021

They Rage-Quit the School System—and They're Not Going Back, Wired, June 2021

'We feel safer': Black parents say remote learning gives kids reprieve from racism, The Today Show, May 2021