Southeast Asian Parent Empowerment: The Challenge of Changing Demographics in Lowell, Massachusetts. MABE Monograph #1.

Autor/in	Kiang, Peter Nien-Chu
Institution	Massachusetts Association for Bilingual Education, Jamaica Plain.
Titel	Southeast Asian Parent Empowerment: The Challenge of Changing Demographics in Lowell, Massachusetts. MABE Monograph #1.
Quelle	(1990), (23 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Asian Americans; Bilingual Students; Case Studies; Community Role; Compensatory Education; Educational Change; Educational Quality; Elementary Secondary Education; Equal Education; Hispanic Americans; Immigrants; Minority Group Children; Parent Grievances; Parent Influence; Parent Participation; Urban Demography; Massachusetts + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Asian immigrant; United States; Asiatischer Einwanderer; USA; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Kompensatorischer Unterricht; Bildungsreform; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Beschwerde; Elternmitwirkung; Master-Studiengang
Abstract	This case study of the battle over public school education in Lowell (Massachusetts) chronicles the process of change taking place there, partly as a result of the emerging role of Southeast Asian parents who, in coalition with Latino parents, are demanding educational access and equity for their children. The following sections are included: (1) "Introduction"; (2) "A Brief History of Lowell"; (3) "Demographic Change and New Waves of Immigrants"; (4) "Access and Equity in the Schools"; (5) "Parents Organizing"; (6) "English-Only Exclusion and Violence"; (7) "Political Representation and Political Power"; (8) "Education and Empowerment"; and (9) "Schools, Southeast Asians, and the Future of Lowell." The case study illustrates how community organizing and coalition building around a specific issue have led to the demand for political representation and empowerment as the means to deal with the challenge of the changing demographics facing the city. A lesson that can be learned from the experiences of the people of Lowell concerns the role played by parents in securing educational equity for their children; this monograph presents a clear account of parents of bilingual students functioning collectively as part of the solution to the educational difficulties faced by their children. A list of 22 references is included. (JS)
Anmerkungen	MABE Monographs, 10 Myrtle Street, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 ($2.00).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC