>As far as I know, black-majority schools with black teachers (vs. white teachers) don't do any better. Even the ones with more funding than the white-majority

>As far as I know, black-majority schools with black teachers (vs. white teachers) don't do any better. Even the ones with more funding than the white-majority schools. I don't believe white teachers are somehow incapable of teaching black students, but what you state here just isn't true. Harlem Children Zone is a good example of a school that has successfully bridged the academic gap between their students and their more privileged counterparts(from any race). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Di0-xN6xc_w http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Di0-xN6xc_w http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/08/opinion/08brooks.html http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/08/opinion/08brooks.html