[Taz's Master]

Driving to work today I listened to an NPR report on education and race. Apparently the government is going to investigate complaints of poor achievement of blacks and Hispanics in public schools. My question is this: Why is race a significant factor in academic achievement?

The biggest indicator for academic achievement is not race, but parental involvement. Why, instead of pointing the finger at the schools (which if they are racist, evidently manage to educate whites and Asians), don't these studies track parental involvement by race? Are black and Hispanic families as involved in their children's educations to the same extent as white and Asian families? Do black and Hispanic families emphasize/validate academic achievement to the same extent as white and Asian families? If there is a disparity in parental involvement by race is it fair to point the finger at schools or the education system?