The achievement gap is a persistent problem in American schools.

When it comes to standardized tests and graduation rates, Latino and black students consistently underperform when compared with their white and Asian counterparts. 

One way to get at the problem? Conversations between parents and kids about race and racism.

It's an area of research that Dr. Ashaunta Anderson, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine, has been looking into.

She and her colleagues at UC Riverside have been researching how minority parents talk to their kids about race. Dr. Anderson joined Take Two to discuss the effect those conversations can have on kids' educational outcomes and well-being.

To hear the full interview, click the link above.