Research on the Education of Asian Pacific Americans v. 1

As the first volume in the series sponsored by SIG-Research on the Education of Asian and Pacific Americans of the American Educational Research Association and California Association for Asian and Pacific American Education, this book sheds important light on the educational issues and needs of Asian and Pacific American students in k- college. Each chapter illuminates the unique educational issues of Asian and Pacific Americans and provides crucial information necessary to understand how Asian and Pacific American students learn, how educational practitioners should work with Asian and Pacific students, and the outcomes we can expect from various programs in Asian and Pacific American education. This body of knowledge can inform researchers and practitioners, as well as policy makers of effective instruction for Asian and Pacific American students at all levels. The series intend to be a national voice for the education of Asian and Pacific Americans, and provide an integral view of new knowledge in the field of Asian and Pacific American education from scholarly and educational practitioners' perspectives.