I think that it is clear to most thinking people that the real problem Shannon Prince had with your piece is that it offended her sinsabilities and her response to your article was a half-harded attem
Today I was listening to Eight Forty-Eight on Chicago Public Radio (http://www.chicagopublicradio.org/Content.aspx?audioID=29056) The show was hosted by Richard Steele with Dawn Turner Trice, Esther C
"That said, if black students value education to a similar degree to whites, why do they tend to achieve lower scores on tests? Anyone have a good guess?"