>(of course we were bused from south dekalb to a white >neighborhood school with the M to M program)
that's the whole thing basically. I'm pretty suer M to M no longer exist tho. the northern dekalb schools are nothing like south dekalb. I've got cousins in middle/high school in south dekalb. they don't even get homework most nights. no books to bring home, which means no extra practice outside of school.
this is also the reason so many folks are turning to home schooling or charters, hoping to get better schooling for their kids. but that's hit or miss too.