Today on
Stateside, changes to auto insurance s medical care funding formula are happening in Michigan. Critics fear many catastrophic car crash victims will end up in nursing homes at taxpayers expense. Next up, we are re-airing a year of homeschooling and self-determination for Black families as they make their decisions to keep their children homeschooled or prepare them for traditional school. The second re-air is a conversation with a Detroit based LGBTQ muralist. Lastly, an Ypsilanti youth choir s pandemic journey to create innovative ways to sing together.
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Pre-pandemic, Black homeschoolers accounted for around 8% of those learning at home. Engaged Detroit is a pilot program dedicated to supporting Black families who are ready to jump into homeschooling.
Stacey Young is a mom of five – three boys, two girls. Trying to manage virtual learning when COVID precautions closed the schools drove her to actual tears. She was stressed. Her kids were stressed.
So she decided to pull back – to stop demanding her kids spend hours in front of the computer – to focus on their emotional needs.
Then the school called.
Young says she asked them if they had services for parents who were working, or for kids dealing with the stress of COVID restrictions, or who have lost loved ones to the virus.