{"product_id":"the-color-of-homeschooling-how-inequality-shapes-school-choice-hardback-9781479807819","title":"The Color of Homeschooling; How Inequality Shapes School Choice (Hardback) 9781479807819","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Color of Homeschooling\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eHow Inequality Shapes School Choice\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMahala Dyer Stewart (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781479807819\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 August 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e256 pages, 7 b\/w illustrations\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.666 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"In this remarkable book, Mahala Dyer Stewart demystifies the increasingly popular option of homeschooling in the United States. Rather than arguing for or against this alternative to traditional schooling, Stewart situates her study at the crossroads of schools and families to show how Black and white mothers embrace homeschooling but with radically different political aims. Written with great clarity and empathy, \u003ci\u003eThe Color of Homeschooling\u003c\/i\u003e shows how homeschooling emerges as a key site for protecting children and privilege, with many important lessons for families, educators, and researchers.\" (Freeden Blume Oeur, author of Black Boys Apart: Racial Uplift and Respectability in All-Male Public Schools) \"\u003ci\u003eThe Color of Homeschooling\u003c\/i\u003e is a careful and nuanced examination of the sometimes wrenching decisions mothers make to ensure their children receive a good education. This beautifully written book will shape future academic and policy discussions about the choices families make when attempting to navigate public education.\" (Victor Ray, author of On Critical Race Theory) \"Applying an intersectional lens to the question of homeschooling, Stewart offers fresh insight into the at-once classed, gendered, and racialized processes shaping Black and white mothers' schooling decisions. With careful attention to how power, privilege, and oppression shape the work of motherhood, \u003ci\u003eThe Color of Homeschooling\u003c\/i\u003e is an essential contribution to the literature on race and school choice.\" (Kate Henley Averett, author of The Homeschool Choice: Parents and the Privatization of Education) \"A fascinating read. Stewart shows how both race and class are critical in shaping parents' decision-making with 'class-advantaged' Black parents, for example, often describing feeling pushed out of traditional schooling by racism while white parents describe being pulled into homeschooling in search of a more individualized educational experience. Set in the context of larger public and academic conversations about social class, race, and childrearing, \u003ci\u003eThe Color of Homeschooling\u003c\/i\u003e captures the different priorities, constraints, and resources families are operating with in trying to raise children and navigate educational systems today\" (Amanda E. Lewis, co-author of Despite the Best Intentions: How Racial Inequality Thrives in Good Schools) \"Stewart's critical examination of the homeschooling dynamic from the Black family perspective is unique and illuminates one of the avenues parents may use to help their children succeed.\" (CHOICE) \"Mahala Dyer Stewart provides a fantastic book that makes important contributions to the homeschooling and school choice literatures … a must read for scholars of homeschooling and school choice.\" (Social Forces)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2023 C. Wright Mills Award Finalist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e How race and racism shape middle-class families' decisions to homeschool their children\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e While families of color make up 41 percent of homeschoolers in America, little is known about the racial dimensions of this alternate form of education. In \u003ci\u003eThe Color of Homeschooling\u003c\/i\u003e, Mahala Dyer Stewart explores why this percentage has grown exponentially in the past twenty years, and reveals how families' schooling decisions are heavily shaped by race, class, and gender.\u003cbr\u003e Drawing from almost a hundred interviews with Black and white middle-class homeschooling and nonhomeschooling families, Stewart's findings contradict many commonly held beliefs about the rationales for homeschooling. Rather than choosing to homeschool based on religious or political beliefs, many middle-class Black mothers explain their schooling choices as motivated by their concerns of racial discrimination in public schools and the school-to-prison pipeline. Indeed, these mothers often voiced concerns that their children would be mistreated by teachers, administrators, or students on account of their race, or that they would be excessively surveilled and policed. Conversely, middle-class white mothers had the privilege of not having to consider race in their decision-making process, opting for homeschooling because of concerns that traditional schools would not adequately cater to their child's behavioral or academic needs. While appearing nonracial, these same decisions often contributed to racial segregation.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Color of Homeschooling\u003c\/i\u003e is a timely and much-needed study on how homeschooling serves as a canary in the coal mine, highlighting the perils of school choice policies for reproducing, rather than correcting, long-standing race, class, and gender inequalities in America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"NYU Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52591048753432,"sku":"9781479807819","price":54.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-color-of-homeschooling-how-inequality-shapes-school-choice-hardback-9781479807819","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}