National Black Parents Association (NBPA)

NBPA works tirelessly to eliminate the academic achievement gap between black students and their white, Asian and Hispanic counterparts.Our efforts is based on the strong belief that every child is educable, valuable and can excel with the right support. Also, NBPA proudly congratulates President Obama and looks forward to working with him and his Secretary of Education Arne Duncan in reforming public education and ensuring it works well for all students regardless of their race or ethnicity.

From The President's Desk

Amazingly, fifty years after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Board of Education that the “separate but equal” doctrine was unconstitutional and ordered public schools to desegregate with “all deliberate speed,” black children--and especially black boys--still are not getting an equal education. For instance, black males are overrepresented in school suspensions, expulsions, classes for the mentally retarded, and as dropouts, ...Read More

The High School Drop Out Rate

The problem of boys and girls dropping out of high school before graduation is a national crisis. Since 1990, the U.S. Department of Education has recognized the failure of finishing high school as a national phenomenon, which warrants much attention.  Researchers all agree that the problem is complex and multifaceted but that is no reason to ignore the problem given the tremendous ramifications for the dropout and society as a whole. Read More

Who is Arne Duncan?

Will This Man Reform Public Education

Arne Duncan has an opportunity to do more for a generation of youngsters than any education secretary in history, and my strong sense is that he is going to make the most of it.. The 44-year-old former Chicago school superintendent, a basketball buddy of President Obama’s, has been handed a fortune — $100 billion or more in the economic stimulus bill — that none of his predecessors since the department was created by Jimmy Carter has ever imagined seeing. Read More

Does This Woman Have The Answer For Public Education

Not long after Michelle Rhee took over as head of the Washington, D.C., public schools a year ago, she announced a plan to shut down almost two dozen schools in D.C.'s decrepit, shrinking, public-education system. At a meeting at one school, parents began screaming at Rhee and throwing things. As it happened, Rhee's own parents were in Washington, visiting from Denver, and they saw the confrontation on TV. Read More