(Name-mce) ListServ Live Online Chat: A Closer Look at Asian-American Achievement

[Bill Howe]

Live Online Chat: A Closer Look at Asian-American Achievement

When: Thursday March 1, 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Eastern time.

Where: http://enews.edweek.org/GoNow/a15864a161769a154108778a2

Submit questions in advance here:
http://enews.edweek.org/GoNow/a15864a161769a154108778a1

Please join us Thursday March 1, 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Eastern time for a live
Web chat to talk about the academic performance of Asian-American students.

When it comes to academic achievement, it is indisputable that, as a group,
Asian-American students outperform their African-American and Latino peers
on every measure.  By most measures, they also beat white students.

But another truth, much less acknowledged in education and policy circles,
is that the story of Asian-American achievement is a complicated one.  The
oft-cited data that portray a diverse community of students as uniformly
successful ignore the experiences of many students.  In fact, in the ongoing
debate about student achievement, discussion of Asian-American students,
whether stellar or struggling, is often absent.

What about closing the "top gap," between the most outstanding
Asian-American students and their white classmates? Why aren't educators and
policymakers talking about low-achieving Asian-American students, who they
are, and what should be done to help them catch up? And what effect does the
widely held assumption that all Asian-Americans do well in school regardless
of social class or ethnic background--the "model minority" stereotype--have
on students across the achievement spectrum?

Guest:
Don T. Nakanishi, director, UCLA Asian-American Studies Center

Read this related article:
The 'Other' Gap
http://enews.edweek.org/GoNow/a15864a161769a154108778a0

Submit questions in advance here:
http://enews.edweek.org/GoNow/a15864a161769a154108778a1

Join us for this important discussion.

No special equipment other than Internet access is needed to participate in
this text-based chat. A transcript will be posted shortly after the
completion of the chat.


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Bill Howe
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JoIn me this summer in China - Multicultural Educators to China Summer 2007
Trip - http://billhowe.org/China2007.htm

Past-President
National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME)
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