Are home school resources available that meet the needs of African-American families? Veteran home schoolers Joyce and Eric Burges formed the National Black Home Educators Resource Association to help you find what you're looking for. Home School Legal Defense Association Chairman and General Counsel Mike Farris talks with them, today on this edition of Home School Heartbeat.
Mike:
Joyce and Eric, thank you so much for being with me here on Home School Heartbeat today.
Eric:
Thank you for having us Mike.
Mike:
Joyce, tell our listeners a little about your family and your home schooling experience.
Joyce:
We have home schooled five children for nearly 11 years, beginning with our eldest son, Eric, when he was 14. Our two sons have graduated from home school high school and we're still home educating our three daughters. Also, we're blessed with two additions to our family$#151;our daughter-in-law and a granddaughter.
Mike:
That's great, congratulations! Now you formed the National Black Home Educators Resource Association in July of 2000, but I know you've been thinking about this for a while. Eric, can you tell our listeners about your vision for the NBHERA.
Eric:
Well, the vision is really to educate the black community on the viability of home education. We'd also like to help those who wish to get started in home schooling and we intend to do that by networking them with home educators that are veterans, that have been doing this for a while. And also, we've set about to research good curriculum and materials that are written by black Americans and make them available to those individuals that would like to use them.
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