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To: John Vosilla who wrote (136786)	9/2/2013 4:00:28 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 149317

These eighth-grade gains resonated across income and racial groups. Seattle’s black eighth-graders outscored black eighth-graders elsewhere by 10.6 points. Seattle’s low-income eighth-graders outpaced all low-income kids by an astonishing 17 points. Both groups scored better than their counterparts in some of the state’s top school districts, such as Bellevue. And let me add........most of the Asians...well more than half.......are recent immigrants and do many of the menial jobs.......cutting lawns, driving cab, housekeeping: According to the 2010 census, Seattle had a population of 608,660 and the racial and ethnic composition was as follows: [196] White: 69.5% ( Non-Hispanic Whites: 66.3%) Asian: 13.8% (4.1% Chinese, 2.6% Filipino, 2.2% Vietnamese, 1.3% Japanese, 1.1% Korean, 0.8% Indian, 0.3% Cambodian, 0.3% Laotian, 0.2% Pakistanis, 0.2% Indonesian, 0.2% Thai) Black or African American: 7.9% American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.8% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.4% Other race: 2.4% Two or more races: 5.1% Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 6.6% (4.1% Mexican, 0.3% Puerto Rican, 0.2% Guatemalan, 0.2% Salvadoran, 0.2% Cuban)

To: John Vosilla who wrote (136786)	9/2/2013 5:13:50 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

These eighth-grade gains resonated across income and racial groups. Seattle’s black eighth-graders outscored black eighth-graders elsewhere by 10.6 points. Seattle’s low-income eighth-graders outpaced all low-income kids by an astonishing 17 points. Both groups scored better than their counterparts in some of the state’s top school districts, such as Bellevue. And let me add........most of the Asians...well more than half.......are recent immigrants and do many of the menial jobs.......cutting lawns, driving cab, housekeeping: According to the 2010 census, Seattle had a population of 608,660 and the racial and ethnic composition was as follows: [196] White: 69.5% ( Non-Hispanic Whites: 66.3%) Asian: 13.8% (4.1% Chinese, 2.6% Filipino, 2.2% Vietnamese, 1.3% Japanese, 1.1% Korean, 0.8% Indian, 0.3% Cambodian, 0.3% Laotian, 0.2% Pakistanis, 0.2% Indonesian, 0.2% Thai) Black or African American: 7.9% American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.8% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.4% Other race: 2.4% Two or more races: 5.1% Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 6.6% (4.1% Mexican, 0.3% Puerto Rican, 0.2% Guatemalan, 0.2% Salvadoran, 0.2% Cuban)

To: John Vosilla who wrote (136786)	9/3/2013 8:42:23 AM
From: Bread Upon The Water	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

And even though the test scores are rising there, and that is a good thing, and I'm glad Tejek brought it to our attention here, (gives one hope that the schools can be fixed--at least in Seattle), I would still like to know how this breaking out for the kids from the poorer Seattle neighborhoods--are they participating in the rising test scores? The fact that Black scores have improved for one group may be significant, but we don't know for sure if we don't know where these kids live--whether they're poor or not. And, yes, I agree Seattle demonstrates both the kind of demographics and political will (because they have the money) that make their problems easier to address then other cities that have budget problems and more poor people.