[Elkiejg]

WOW - Summer - what a great post in #22!!! Did you send that to the NAACP??? If not, you should. Well said.

[summer]

Thanks. You can send it. Use your name or my screen name.

The NAACP will never again get my attention unless they start talking about the LACK OF PARENTS and LACK OF MARRIAGE in those communities. Because, believe me, you don't need to be a rocket scientist to figure out how such factors adversely affects student achievement. And, for the NAACP to NOT mention these factors is just plain DISHONEST -- both to the public, and to these black students. There is nothing any kid wants more than TWO parents. PERIOD.