BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:While families of color make up 41 percent of homeschoolers in America\, little is known about the racial dimensions of this form of educ ation. This talk draws from interviews with Black and white homeschooling mothers living in one Northeastern city to examine how they come to this a lternative schooling option. Rather than choosing to homeschool based on r eligious or political beliefs\, many mothers explain their decisions throu gh the logic of “best fit\,” yet underlying these decisions are racially i mplicated push-pull factors. Black mothers explain being pushed out of pub lic schools due to their child’s experience of racial discrimination. Conv ersely\, white mothers are pulled to individualize their child’s learning\ , exposing the privilege of not having to consider race in their decision- making. In this talk Mahala Stewart\, assistant professor of sociology at Hamilton College\, will discuss these findings within the context of her n ew book\, “The Color of Homeschooling: How Inequality Shapes School Choice ” (New York University Press 2023)\, which offers a fresh look at this inc reasingly common form of education. The research highlights how homeschool ing serves as a canary in the coal mine\, highlighting the perils of schoo l choice policies for reproducing\, rather than correcting\, long-standing race\, class\, and gender inequalities in America. DTEND:20241112T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260512T000915Z DTSTART:20241112T203000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:‘Pushed or Pulled to Homeschool’ by Mahala Stewart UID:RFCALITEM639141269556743568 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

While families of color make up 41 percent of homeschoolers in America\, little is known about the racial dimensions of this form of education. This talk draws from interviews with Black and white homeschooling mothers living in one Northeastern city to examine how they come to this alternative schooling option.

Rather than choosi ng to homeschool based on religious or political beliefs\, many mothers ex plain their decisions through the logic of “best fit\,” yet underlying the se decisions are racially implicated push-pull factors. Black mothers expl ain being pushed out of public schools due to their child’s experience of racial discrimination. Conversely\, white mothers are pulled to individual ize their child’s learning\, exposing the privilege of not having to consi der race in their decision-making.

In this talk Mahala Stewart\, as sistant professor of sociology at Hamilton College\, will discuss these fi ndings within the context of her new book\, “The Color of Homeschooling: H ow Inequality Shapes School Choice” (New York University Press 2023)\, whi ch offers a fresh look at this increasingly common form of education. The research highlights how homeschooling serves as a canary in the coal mine\ , highlighting the perils of school choice policies for reproducing\, rath er than correcting\, long-standing race\, class\, and gender inequalities in America.

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