Black Women in Education
Black Homeschool Mother and Former Public School Teacher Creates Literacy Content that Reflects African American Children and Encourages Early Reading
Atlanta, GA — The late great Chicago educator, Marva Collins once said, “You can pay people to teach but you can’t pay them to care.” Naomi Bradley M.Ed has always cared deeply about children, since her first teaching assignment at a summer camp at the age of 14. Her natural love for children initially drove her into education, and now content creation for African American students and parents.
The decision to leave public school teaching was motivated by personal family choices, and a first hand view of the serious flaws of public, private, and charter education. Naomi began using her unique teaching techniques to teach her first-born daughter how to read at 22 months. Detailing her personal journey and reading instruction techniques, she wrote the highly acclaimed parenting book, appropriately named, “Reading At One – a guide to early literacy exposure for toddlers and children. Parents all over the world have been implementing the strategies and suggestions from the book Reading at One with their children at home and through the summer months.
Soon after Reading at One was released came…