Prep for Prep
http://www.prepforprep.org
Prep for Prep is an organization that readies underprivileged minority children for prestigious private high schools and helps them through the college admissions process. Critics call the organization elitist, that it doesn't benefit the vast numbers of minority students in need, and is highly selective favoring students that would have made it to college anyway. Proponents argue expensive supplementary education is how privileged whites get their academic edge.

"A Classroom Crusade," by Darragh Johnson, The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A9133-2002Nov5?language=printer
Eric Smith wants to prove he can eliminate the achievement gap that divides blacks and Hispanics from Asians and whites. His stint in Maryland will put him to the test.