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Peer reviewedSmith-Hefner, Nancy J. – Anthropology and Education Quarterly, 1990
The author finds the Khmer refugee parents of children in Boston area schools to be relatively uninterested in the question of their children's education, following from a fatalistic outlook that distinguishes them from other Southeast Asian refugees, whose children are urged to succeed against all odds. (DM)
Descriptors: Asian American Students, Bilingual Education, Cambodians, Elementary Education
