Tagged: elementary schools

1:10pm

Tue January 3, 2012
Education

Dogs, once-homeless kids share a love of reading (and each other)

Kids and dogs enjoy books (and each other) at the Brettler Family Place, a housing center in Seattle’s Sand Point neighborhood.
Charla Bear / KPLU

Some of Seattle’s most at-risk students are getting help with their reading skills, but not from people.

Once a week, service dogs lend their ears to formerly homeless children as they read aloud. It’s become a learning experience for both the kids and canines.

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6:36am

Mon December 6, 2010
K-12 Education

African Americans most affected by low-performing schools

The Urban League helps African American kids do well in school
African American students get tutoring and mentorship from The Urban League.
The Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle /

African American kids are more likely than any other students to start their educations in Seattle’s worst public schools.  That’s according to a new report from University of Washington researchers.  Community groups and school district administrators say it means schools are disproportionately failing kids who already face big hurdles to education. 

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