Pictures of Mae Jemison, Bill Cosby and Rosa Parks clutter the doors of Cheryl and Derek Carter's back room where three desks for Jarrett, 13, Janae, 10 and Jolene, 6, line the wall.

School days in the Carter's Uniondale house, which began a week before public school, start at 8 a.m. with...

Homeschooling puts academic and moral excellence within the grasp of children of all races.

Bob Herbert of the New York Times wrote recently that "black children must be prepared to succeed." He reiterates what retired Gen. Colin Powell said at a recent NAACP conference in Atlanta, that...