Seattle Public Schools

Mission:

To provide every student with effective, high quality teaching and learning experiences, relevant curriculum and support services, in a safe and healthy environment.

Achievement Gap (dis proportionality) The disproportionate under representation of non white students among those who are meeting academic standards, which is reflected statistically as a “gap” between white and non-white student outcomes in comparative achievement data.
Institutionalized racism - An indirect and largely invisible process that operates automatically and results in less access to services and opportunities of a society based on race. It is a term encompassing the, now often unconscious, barriers built into education, selection, promotion and service delivery systems that serve to disadvantage members of non white groups in the United States.

Vision:

Every student regardless of race, ethnicity, gender or socioeconomic background will graduate and be fully prepared to lead a successful life.