The Other Side of the Asian American Success Story

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Wiley, Sep 7, 1995 - Education - 240 pages
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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.

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Contents

The Asian American Academic Success Myth
5
The New Asian Americans
23
Lessons from Two Districts
53
Copyright

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About the author (1995)

WENDY WALKER-MOFFAT is an affiliated scholar in the Institute for Research on Women and GAnder at Stanford University and a lecturer on policy issues related to immigrants and refugees in the School of Social Welfare at the University of California, Berkeley. She has worked for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and for other international development and relief organizations.

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TitleThe Other Side of the Asian American Success Story
AuthorWendy Walker-Moffat
PublisherWiley, 1995
Original fromthe University of Michigan
DigitizedNov 3, 2008
ISBN0787901229, 9780787901226
Length240 pages
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Education / General
Education / Multicultural Education
Education / Research
Social Science / Ethnic Studies / American / Asian American & Pacific Islander Studies
  
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