Black Parents Seek to Raise Ambitions - washingtonpost.com:
... "Middle-class African Americans are still very influenced by the stereotypes that black kids are not academically oriented,' said Pedro A. Noguera, a professor of sociology at New York University who studies achievement gaps.
'You have to defy the stereotypes associated with race or gender. So you need something else working in a very powerful way to show that being black and being academically oriented [are] not at odds. . . . This is where a parent's role is very important.'
In the Washington area, many African American parents are finding new avenues to engage in their children's education.
