The Other Side of the Asian American Success Story

Wendy Walker-Moffat (Author)

9780787901226, Wiley

Hardback, published 15 August 1995

240 pages
28 x 15 x 6 cm, 0.408 kg

Reveals the bitter contrast between the educational experiences of new Asian immigrant groups and the Asian American success myth and describes the well-intentioned but harmful practices that provide immigrants with a separate and unequal education.

1. The Asian American Academic Success Myth
2. The New Asian Americans
3. Educating Newcomers: Lessons from Two Districts
4. Culture and Learning
5. The Bilingual Education Controversy
6. The Promise of Family-Based Multicultural Education

Subject Areas: Education [JN]