Asian Americans in class : charting the achievement gap among Korean American youth / Jamie Lew ; foreword by Jean Anyon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lew, Jamie.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Korean Americans--Education--United States.

Korean Americans.

Children of immigrants--Education--United States.

Children of immigrants.

Children of immigrants--Education.

Korean Americans--Education.

United States.

Academic achievement--United States.

Academic achievement.

Physical Description:

x, 133 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Teachers College Press, [2006]

Summary:

This book challenges the ""model minority"" stereotype of Asian American students as a critical step toward educating all children well. Focusing on Korean American youth in New York City schools, Jamie Lew compares high-achieving students attending a competitive magnet high school with students who have dropped out of a neighborhood high school. She finds that class, race, social networks, parental strategies, and schooling resources all affect the aspirations and academic achievement of Asian American youth. This in-depth examination: debunks the simplistic ""culture of poverty"" argument that is often used to explain the success of Asian Americans and the failure of other minorities; illustrates how Asian Americans, in different social and economic contexts, negotiate ties to their families and ethnic communities, construct ethnic and racial identities, and gain access to good schooling and institutional support; offers specific recommendations on how to involve first-generation immigrant parents and ethnic community members in schools to foster academic success; and looks at implications for developing educational policies that more fully address the needs of second-generation children.

Contents:

Growing up with immigrant parents: parental strategies and co-ethnic networks

Gaining schooling resources and institutional support: peer networks, social capital, and identities.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 113-121) and index.

ISBN:

0807746940

0807746932

OCLC:

63692350

Publisher Number:

9780807746936

9780807746943