ERIC Number: ED199319
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1980
Pages: 27
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Asian/Pacific American Education Agenda for the 1980's.
Asian/Pacific American Concerns Staff (ED), Washington, DC.; National Asian/Pacific American Education Alliance, Springfield, VA.
This program offers fourteen resolutions with corresponding strategies for improving education for Asian and Pacific Americans. These strategies are specifically directed to the Asian/Pacific American Concerns Staff and other Asian/Pacific American organizations. Issues addressed include: (1) insufficient State and Federal funding for bilingual and multicultural education; (2) the necessity for flexibility in Federal policy; (3) equal access by Asian/Pacific Americans to government decision making; (4) curriculum bias in textbooks, resource materials, and teacher training; (5) higher education support services and occupational counseling; and (6) better representation of Asian/Pacific Americans among educational administrators. The resolutions also call for more research related to Asian/Pacific American concerns, the prohibition of educational voucher plans, and the legitimization of Asian/Pacific American studies. (APM)
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Bilingual Education, Career Counseling, Educational Improvement, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Bias, Ethnic Studies, Federal Government, Higher Education, Multicultural Education, Organizations (Groups), Policy Formation, State Government, Textbook Bias
Publication Type: Reports - General
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Asian/Pacific American Concerns Staff (ED), Washington, DC.; National Asian/Pacific American Education Alliance, Springfield, VA.
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