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How Black Parents Perceive Urban Schools
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The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education
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July 1, 2008
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A new survey from the National School Boards Association finds that, as expected, black parents have a very low opinion of the education offered their children in urban public schools. The research also shows that many African-American adults have bought into the stereotype that black children are incapable of competing with white children.
Over the years this journal has published a host of commentary and research on the significant black progress in higher education. But for millions of young blacks, the prospects for a college education are not good. The latest data from the U.S. Department of Education shows that less than one third of all African Americans ages 18 to 24 are currently ...
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