Very little is taught about Asian Americans in United States' education institutions at any level of instruction. Evaluations of standard U.S. history and social studies textbooks since World War II show that most are inadequate in their coverage of minority groups to the extent that they have encouraged the perpetuation of negative stereotypes. Inaccurate vocabulary is encountered in materials, as is the casual lumping together of Asians in Asia and Asians in America. Significant historical episodes involving Asian Americans, relevant to all Americans, are still ignored by elementary and secondary courses on social studies and U.S. history. The emphasis of the American educational system on the Western and White-Anglo-Saxon-Protestant traditions is no longer acceptable. The movement for fundamental changes in our educational process toward the goal of cultural pluralism has great potential. Serious consideration of the following is urged to remedy this situation: (1) expansion of bilingual programs and of foreign language programs in general; (2) more accurate representation of nonwestern civilizations; (3) more appropriate treatment of Asian American contributions to the development of the United States; (4) evaluation of instructional materials to rectify distortions or omission of the Asian American experience; and (5) support to study all Asian and Pacific Americans in educational institutions. (Author/KSM)