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The Other Side of the Asian American Success Story
Wendy Walker-Moffat
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Description for The Other Side of the Asian American Success Story
Hardcover. This work highlights the high rates of delinquency and academic failure among new Asian Americans, and reveals shortcomings in the way schools educate "language minority" students. The author offers suggestions for ways in which schools might do a better job of educating all students. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JNA; JNK; JNSV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 518.
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.
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.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780787901226
SKU
V9780787901226
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Ref
99-50
About Wendy Walker-Moffat
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. ... Read more
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