Asian American Students
Student Well-Being
Q&A
Act on Student Ideas to Improve Mental Health, Youth Advocate Urges
High school student Rick Yang helped create mental health supports in his school and trained his peers to advocate for change.
Law & Courts
Supreme Court Declines Case on Selective High School Aiming to Boost Racial Diversity
Some advocates saw the K-12 case as the logical next step after last year's decision against affirmative action in college admissions
English-Language Learners
A Dual Immersion Program That鈥檚 Unique鈥攁nd Seeing Academic Returns
After launching in 2018, the program in Fresno, Calif., is already showing social-emotional and academic benefits.
Equity & Diversity
How Teachers Can Break Down Stereotypes of Asian American Students
Researchers offer takeaways on what educators need to be aware of when working with Asian American and Pacific Islander students.
Equity & Diversity
Teachers Expect More of Asian American Students. Is Bias the Reason?
Even accounting for student test scores, teachers still gave higher appraisals to Asian American students than others, new research finds.
Student Well-Being
Q&A
Mental Health Concerns Multiply for LGBTQ Students Who Are Asian American
Culturally relevant mental health programs are needed to help students feel a sense of belonging, report says.
Equity & Diversity
Video
An Educator Asks, 鈥楬ow Do We Define Diversity?鈥�
An administrator at a Seattle independent school discusses the importance of considering the many elements that make a school diverse.
Teaching Profession
Video
Teacher and Administrator: A South Asian American Educator Navigates Both Worlds
At an independent school in Washington, D.C., a South Asian American educator navigates life as both a teacher and an administrator.
Equity & Diversity
Anti-Asian Violence: What Schools Should Start Doing About It
Asian-Americans are often erased from the curriculum and even from schools' social justice work. Five educators discuss how to change that.
Equity & Diversity
Opinion
'Mommy, We Need to Fight Back'
An Asian American preschool director who lives in Atlanta writes about how anti-Asian racism has affected her and her family.
Equity & Diversity
Opinion
Not All Asian Americans Are the Same. So Why Do School Data Treat Us That Way?
And it's not just Asian communities hurt by the laziness of our data systems, warns educator and organizer Godfrey Santos Plata.
Education
Stereotypes Turn Up Pressure on Asian Students, Lower Their Own Expectations
Stereotypes can undermine Asian-American students' college goals.
Equity & Diversity
U.S. Graduation Rate Breaks Another Record
Eighty-two percent of the class of 2014 graduated on time, according to the most recent data from the U.S. Department of Education, but American Indian, black, and Latino students continue to trail their white peers.
Education
Opinion
Why Asian-Minority Data Need Better Division
Asian-American Pacific Islander students include but are not limited to Chinese, Cambodian, Vietnamese, Laotian, and Samoan Americans, yet are all placed under the racial group "Asian" by the Department of Education. This often makes it difficult to compile academic statistics associated with each subgroup.