Council of Asian Pacific Americans (CAPA)

Report: Asian-Americans' academic success hides problems

By JUSTIN POPE – Jun 9, 2008

With their high visibility on elite college campuses, Asian-Americans have picked up a nickname that makes many uncomfortable: the "model minority."

But a new report argues that Asian-Americans' reputation for academic success has obscured important variations within the group — and created a false sense that all their education needs are being met...

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Report Takes Aim at ‘Model Minority’ Stereotype of Asian-American Students

By TAMAR LEWIN
Published: June 10, 2008

The image of Asian-Americans as a homogeneous group of high achievers taking over the campuses of the nation’s most selective colleges came under assault in a report issued Monday.

The report, by New York University, the College Board and a commission of mostly Asian-American educators and community leaders, largely avoids the debates over both affirmative action and the heavy representation of Asian-Americans at the most selective colleges...

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Knowledge, talent must be Michigan's calling cards

Saturday, June 21, 2008
By Tom Watkins

The recent Detroit Regional Policy Conference on Mackinac Island had a theme that should follow everyone off the island and be incorporated into the very psyche of all in Michigan.

The message that echoed off the island: in this century, knowledge, talent, innovation, and globalization are going to drive everything. This is the same message I have been preaching for some time as a leader of a private business organization in Palm Beach County, Florida and as a former Michigan State Superintendent of Schools. Put simply -- talent matters! ...

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Guest opinion Tibet -- The Roof Top Of The World -- Provides A Clear View Of China

By TOM WATKINS
Special to The Oakland Press

Standing on the roof top of the world, in Lhasa, Tibet only a few short weeks ago, I absorbed the tranquility of a special place.

Since returning to Michigan, the roof has been blown off Tibet. The eruption of violence is a stunning show of defiance against 57 years of Chinese rule...Click here for complete article.

Association of Chinese Americans Newsletter

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Millenniium Middle School Forum
By Maureen Altermatt
MILLENNIUM MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL

The official start of the Year of the Rat was Feb. 7, one of 12 symbols in the Chinese calendar. South Lyon's first semester World Language students, at both Millennium and Centennial middle schools, celebrated the Chinese New Year last month with a variety of cultural activities organized by their teacher, Mrs. Gribble... [Click here to read the complete article.]

Tom Watkins Blog - Building Bridges

Tom Watkins, CEO of  TDW & Associates, has been in China in recent weeks working on creating educational connections between Michigan and the Asian nation. While there, Tom has been writing a blog on his travels and meetings. He was also appointed Special Consultant to  the China Art and Culture Institute in Beijing recently.

An Interview with Tom Watkins: Back to China

Michael F. Shaughnessy
Senior Columnist EdNews.org
Eastern New Mexico University

GET OUT THE VOTE 2006: Planting culture of awareness
Asian-Pacific Americans preach power at the polls

Korie Wilkins, Free Press Staff Writer.  October 17, 2006.

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It's time to stop whining and start competing with Chinese
Tom Watkins, HomeTownLife.com, October 12, 2006

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