Asian American

Resources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Asian_Americans
• http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/difficulties-likely-persist-enrolling-asian-americans-pacific-islanders/
• http://www.nea.org/home/15571.htm
• http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/asianamericans-graphics/
• https://teachabroadnetwork.com/blog/229/10-big-differences-between-asian-and-american-education-systems
• http://www.tolerance.org/culture-classroom
• http://education.jhu.edu/PD/newhorizons/strategies/topics/multicultural-education/A%20closer%20look%20at%20asian%20americans%20and%20education/

Educational Issues

• Student achievement gaps need to be aggressively addressed.
• There is a need for more educational research focusing on individual API ethnic groups.
• Need accommodation for the English language learner students on assessment tests and in the classroom.
• A greater effort should be made to recruit and retain API educators.
• Programs should be increased to prepare educators to work with diverse students, and API history, culture, and issues should be covered in school curriculums.

Current Status

Schooling

There are a total of 19,437,463 Asian Americans. The largest ethnic groups are Chinese, Filipino, Indian, Vietnamese, Korean, and Japanese. About one-half of the Asian Americans population lived in the West, with California having the most total Asian Americans of any state, at 4.2 million.

• Fourty two percent of all Asian Americans adults have at least a college degree, the highest of all the major racial/ethnic groups. As well as, the highest test scores and/or GPAs within any given high school or college. Not all Asian Americans are the same.
• For every Chinese American or South Asian who has a college degree, the same number of Southeast Asians are still struggling to adapt to their lives in the U.S.
• Sixteen percent only about one-quarter the rate for other Asian Americans ethnic groups.
• Further, Laotians, Cambodians, and Khmer only have rates around five percent.
• The cultural stereotype that "all Asians are smart" puts a tremendous amount of pressure on many Asian Americans.

Conflicts between Americans and Asian Americans

Differences between Asian and American Education Systems

Current Situation

Americans and Asian Americans have a lot of differences. For example:

• Privacy
• Relationships
• Money
• Family
• Education

• Student participation
• Teacher – student relationship
• Grades
• Class size
• Classrooms

• The Asian Americans current situation in the United States is that it is the highest-income, best-educated and fastest-growing racial group in the U.S, with Asians now making up the largest share of recent immigrants.
• Asian Americans stand out for their success in education and career.
• In the past, Asian Americans were fighting mechanisms of prejudice, exclusion, and institutional discrimination that prevented them from even attending certain schools and therefore, receiving a fair education.
• Asian Americans have been and continue to be touted as the one ethnic minority group that has successfully overcome racism and achieved the American dream, primarily through education.
• It is well known that Asian Americans are the "Model" majority, with the saying that every Asian is "smart."

Schooling continued

It is well known that many Asian parents emphasize education and are very hard on their kids when it comes to learning. Many Asian countries are too poor to give children toys, take them out traveling etc, so they turn to books for a solution. They drill kids with the idea that if they excell in school they can be and go anywhere in the world.

Language Issues

Culture In the classroom

Asian Americans has issues enrolling in health care because the application online and paper is only available in English and Spanish, so they have to call and hope to be transfer to a person who speaks their language. If this is like this in the "health department", then in other places Asian Americans have a difficult time communicating (adults). Asian Americans children have a better and easier chance to learn a new language (English) than adults do. Still there are many Asian Americans, but not enough translation through language and paper.

Teachers can foster cultural acceptance, tolerance, and respect in the k-12 setting by:

• Overcoming Stereotypes
• Adding Culturally Relevant Curriculum
• Honoring Home Languages

Context Cont...

Hawaii is the only state with an Asian Americans majority, at 58 percent. Honolulu County has the highest percentage of any county in the nation, with 62 percent.

The majority of Asian Americans live in three metropolitan areas; Greater Los Angeles Area, New York metropolitan area, and in San Francisco Bay Area.

Where do most Asian American live ?

Asian Americans

By: Denesse Haber, Ana Anzola, and Stephanie Deus