@ucbalumnus - I’m not sure I understand what point you’re trying to make. Regardless of their level of education or how long they’ve been here, I don’t understand why Asian Americans were not included. And our Asian American community runs the gamut from new-immigrants from China, but more from Korea, to those from a variety of Asian backgrounds who have been here for a couple of generations. When I say “tightly knit” … that varies too, but we have pretty well defined pockets within the county where the Korean population is quite high, for example … to the point that there are Korean supermarkets in the middle of suburbia, and some families where the parents don’t speak English and rely on the kids to translate for them. Socioeconomic status varies. I wasn’t making any assumptions about anything. As others have pointed out, regardless of socioeconomic status or race the biggest thing that seems to make a difference in childrens’ performance is the value and importance their parents put on education … and Asian Americans in my experience across the board do this, regardless of whether they’re doctors or running the local dry cleaners; whether they’ve been here for multiple generations or are new immigrants.