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Justice Department Reaches Agreement agreement with Philadelphia School District to resolve harassment allegations

Fri, 12/17/2010 - 10:43

OR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                      CRT
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2010                                        (202) 514-2007


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Anti-Asian Violence in South Philadelphia Schools

Wed, 09/02/2009 - 21:53

The Philadelphia Weekly just published an interesting story about Asian American students, mostly immigrants, who attend schools in South Philly, being racially targeted by both White and African American peers.  By fighting back, Asian American students are finding themselves in disciplinary difficulties.  Despite the fact that both Black and White students


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Stimulating Education

Tue, 03/10/2009 - 20:12
Hey Asian Americans! President Obama just announced his plans to change education policy. Where is everyone getting all worked up over the proposals??? It's always so interesting to me  that Asian Americans get all worked up over elite college admissions, but rarely do they articulate any interest in education policy.  Is it just not as sexy a topic? What is it?  What do you think? There are definitely some  interesting things in the education portion of the stimulus... let's take a look, shall we?