Asian Americans in Class: Charting the Achievement Gap Among Korean American Youth

by Jamie Lew, Jean Anyon (Foreword by)

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 an elite 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

Genres: School

144 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2003

Reviews

[Dioscita · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ok, I confess: I love pretty much every single book published by Teachers College Press. This one is no exception; I thought it was absolutely wonderful. But then, we tend to highly rate those books with which we are also quite aligned...I mean, how would I rate a well-written, thoughtful book if it happened to also be one with which I disagree? Thankfully, though, Lew's book is nothing of the kind and it rocks. Totally. I'd have never read it were it not for this class I'm in, but I will be able to use much of it in my own writing (she said optimistically).

[Erendira]

Main LC3501.K6 L49 2006

[AJ · Rating 2 out of 5]

nothing new in this book.