[ti:Parents Continue Homeschooling Even After COVID-related Closures]
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[00:00.04]The coronavirus health crisis has caused problems
[00:04.32]for many families since taking hold last year.
[00:09.32]But some parents are thankful for one change:
[00:13.04]they are choosing to homeschool their children,
[00:16.32]even as schools plan to start in-person classes.
[00:21.32]There are many different reasons for this.
[00:26.24]The Associated Press spoke to several families.
[00:31.64]Some families have children with special educational needs.
[00:37.92]Others seek religion-based schooling
[00:41.40]or say their local schools have too many problems.
[00:46.60]They all have something in common:
[00:49.36]they tried homeschooling as a temporary measure
[00:53.72]and found that it helped their children.
[00:58.08]The U.S. Census Bureau reported in March
[01:02.16]that the percentage of households homeschooling their children
[01:07.12]rose to 11 percent by September 2020.
[01:13.12]That number was 5.4 percent just six months earlier.
[01:20.36]The increase was largest in Black households.
[01:25.28]Their homeschooling percentage rose from 3.3 percent
[01:30.56]in the spring of 2020 to 16.1 percent in the fall.
[01:37.96]Arlena and Robert Brown of Austin, Texas
[01:42.48]have three school-age children.
[01:46.12]Then the pandemic took hold.
[01:49.44]After experimenting with online learning,
[01:53.84]they decided to try homeschooling.
[01:57.88]They taught a curriculum provided by Seton Home Study School
[02:03.60]that is based on Catholic religious teachings.
[02:08.64]The homeschooling service has 16,000 students in the United States.
[02:16.16]The Browns plan to continue homeschooling for the coming year.
[02:22.12]They are pleased that they can make the curriculum
[02:25.64]fit their children's needs.
[02:28.88]Eleven-year-old Jacoby has a condition
[02:32.28]that requires rest during the day.
[02:36.32]Riley is 10 and is considered "gifted" at school.
[02:41.96]And Felicity, aged 9, has a learning disability.
[02:47.80]Robert Brown is a former teacher who now advises businesses.
[02:54.92]He said he wants his children to do their best
[02:59.20]and have a solid understanding of their religion.
[03:04.32]Arlena Brown said the biggest difficulty
[03:08.08]was to "unschool ourselves and understanding
[03:12.20]that homeschooling has so much freedom."
[03:16.36]She said, "We can go as quickly or slowly as we need to."
[03:22.88]Race played an important part in the decision
[03:26.32]of another Black family to homeschool their 12-year-old son Dorian.
[03:32.96]Angela Valentine said Dorian
[03:35.92]was often the only Black student
[03:40.04]in his classes in public school in Chicago.
[03:43.64]He was sometimes treated unfairly by administrators
[03:48.80]and was hurt when other children stopped playing with him.
[03:54.16]As the pandemic eased, the family decided to homeschool Dorian.
[04:00.88]They are using a curriculum
[04:03.40]provided by National Black Home Educators
[04:07.92]that provides materials for each subject
[04:11.80]about African American history and culture.
[04:17.32]Valentine said "making the right choices" was difficult.
[04:23.68]She added, "But until we're really comfortable
[04:27.88]with his learning environment, we'll stay on this homeschool journey."
[04:34.72]Joyce Burges is co-founder and program director
[04:39.24]of National Black Home Educators.
[04:43.20]She said the 21-year-old organization
[04:47.16]had about 5,000 members before the pandemic
[04:51.84]and now has more than 35,000.
[04:56.40]Burges said many of the new families experienced difficulties,
[05:01.92]like not having internet service.
[05:05.76]These problems limited their children's ability
[05:09.60]to use online learning during the pandemic.
[05:14.44]"It got so they didn't trust anything but their own homes,
[05:18.76]and their children being with them," she said.
[05:22.96]"Now they're seeing the future, seeing what their children can do."
[05:29.72]I'm Gregory Stachel. 更多听力请访问21VOA.COM
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