Organizational History . . .

AAP/CCEE was founded in 1995 by a group of parents at Westchester High School (in the Los Angeles Unified School District) who witnessed, first hand, the need for parents to be trained and empowered around educational issues. This training resulted in parents becoming advocates who were responsible for changing the academic outcomes, not just for their children, but for all students in attendance.

What we discovered that made us mobilize:

• African American students lag far behind every other ethnic group in Stanford 9 test scores.
• African American students are grossly underrepresented in advanced placement classes and college preparation classes (A-G).
• African American students have the second highest drop out rate in the Los Angeles Unified School District.
• African American students have fewer teachers teaching the subject matter in which they are credentialed.
• African American students are consistently NOT counseled in taking classes needed to graduate.
• African American students are suspended at higher rates with more severe punishment than other ethnic groups.

From uncovering staggering statistics as these that painted an enormously bleak future for our African American, and other minority youth—AAP/CCEE was organized.