"What is happening is that home schooling has gotten to the point that there are so many support services that whether you're white or whether you're a minority, it's much easier to try it than it was 10 years ago"
For the most part, the reasons that led Alicia Huff to home-school her four children mirror those of her peers in the Columbia area.
She and her husband wanted to teach their children, ages 10 to 18, a certain set of values; customize a curriculum to address their children's unique needs; and create a close family environment.
But the Huffs have one more motivating factor -- the achievement gap in public schools between black and white students.
Minority students and children living in poverty tend to have difficulty with standardized tests. Read more
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