Pang Advocates for Asian Pacific American Achievement

School of Teacher Education faculty member, Dr. Valerie Ooka Pang, is speaking out for better policies and approaches for examining data regarding the very diverse groups of students identified as Asian American and Pacific Islander.  Pang’s research has highlighted the diversity of this very large population of students and challenges us to avoid glossing over important student needs by overgeneralizing characteristics.

Read “California rejects federal grant to collect data on Asian, Pacific Islander students” in the Sacramento Bee.