WUSF News – Cathy Carter 
Homeschooling entered the mainstream in the 1980s and was led largely by white evangelical Christians. Today, the U.S Department of Education says approximately 1.7 million students in the U.S are homeschooled—more than 84,000 of them in Florida. The fastest growing demographic choosing to leave traditional schools behind are African-Americans. Art projects are scattered on the floor of Lorielle Hollaway’s sunny apartment in downtown St. Petersburg and an entire living room wall is lined with children’s books. Seated at a long table, 6-year-old Nadia and her sister Ava, 4, listen attentively as their mother teaches them about vowel sounds.(more)