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An Education From Black and White Parents
From:
The Washington Post
| Date:
September 5, 1998| Author:
Nat Hentoff
| Copyright 1998 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information
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A black parent in Raleigh, N.C.: "I have a 10-year-old, and
they said he has a problem -- Attention Deficit Disorder. Well, my
son went through a battery of tests, which found he was normal. It
was just boredom."
This parent's frustration is part of an unusually illuminating
report, "Time to Move On: African-American and White Parents Set an
Agenda for Public Schools."
This search beyond rhetoric and sloganeering about failing
schools was undertaken by Public Agenda, a...
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