How and Why Urban Schools Fail to Engage Parents of Color

"Providing urban parents experiences that motivate, enlighten and bond many of them for life transforms their ability to impact the education of their children. Those of us who do this work persevere because our auditory capabilities are intact. We heard the needs of those whose reality we now champion long before any of them knew we were listening. We will not rest until others take time to hear and heed their call!"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/patricia-a-ackerman/how-and-why-urban-schools_b_885366.html