(Name-mce) ListServ Live Chat, March 1: Asian-American Achievement

[Anselmo Villanueva]

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/a15864a161769a420220186a2

Submit questions in advance here:

http://enews.edweek.org/GoNow/a15864a161769a420220186a1

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/a15864a161769a420220186a0

Submit questions in advance here:
http://enews.edweek.org/GoNow/a15864a161769a420220186a1

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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