I live in Washington state and it is done in many of the schools. I remember this one school told it's black students that if they want to learn black history, they will have to find outside instructions. Black history really isn't taught in the schools here.
Here is a link,select a school in the drop down window, then click on the curriculum on the left. You won't find history because they have merged it with social studies, which doesn't really cover black history.
Also,here is a black principle that had to take matters into her own hands in this mostly white community.
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...KVY4VmlfI92MgIA4Q&sig2=vjRDozApLiwgOSP7Kd3dIw
Out here,it seems the blacks have no sense of who they are. Most let their kids get taught any kind of way, most parents look at school as being a daycare. This is how the teachers get away with the things they do. They hate seeing me come up to school, and I see more whites up there than blacks. When we have school meetings, I see mostly whites demanding answers.
Thank you, and I would recommend home schooling to anybody that feels they can do it. the thing is that you have to educate yourself as to the dollar amount your child means to the school. This is important because I have ran into parents that was told they can't do it. Bull... the school just don't want to see lost revenue. IMO, many parents don't do it because you have to take a class that is so easy it is a crime. But that takes work....you get the picture.
I remembered this site, it has a lot of good info.
The Ten Most Important Things
You Need to Know About Homeschooling
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...29wOdxs_4BFByov7A&sig2=RB01t_E9mKrBVxZPvmFWPQ
Peace!
I can actually understand them not teaching "Black history" but not teaching decimals and fractions until the 7th grade is inexcusable.
That is two years behind average since mtiplying and deciding fractions and decimals is 5th grade math.
6th Pre Algebra
8th Geometra
9th Algebra 2
10th Pre Calculus and Trig
11th Trig
The SAT and even most professional exams such as the CBEST, GRE, NTE and LSAT focus on basics into 8th grade math with a few higher level test items for higher weight.