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Peer reviewedWilson, Peggy – Anthropology and Education Quarterly, 1991
Ethnographically examines factors impacting academic performance of 23 Sioux Indian high school students in Canada during the transition from reservation elementary school to public high school. Factors affecting responses to environments without consideration of Indian culture are discussed in light of the withdrawal of 18 students from school.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indian Culture, American Indians, Canada Natives
Peer reviewedSim, Shao Chee – Asian American Policy Review, 1993
Challenges the "model minority" stereotype, and discusses the multitude of obstacles facing Chinese-American students in New York City that impede their success in school. Social service gaps are identified, and a new framework of system delivery is offered to address the problem of this special population. (GLR)
Descriptors: Asian American Students, Chinese Americans, Cultural Differences, Educational Discrimination
