I have observed similar achievement with my Asian students--with one exception--

The truth of this article lies with the Asian students with Asian parents. This success is also reflective of their exceptionally good and respectful behavior in and out of school.

On the other hand, the Asian students who have been adopted and raised by American parents seem to academically and behaviorally parallel their "White" or "other" peers.

Hmmmmmmmmmm

Fred Reed addressed this several times over the years. I like Fred.

http://www.fredoneverything.net/Foreigners.shtml

Here are a couple more. Take a few minutes to read through these and the others you'll find on his site. Enjoy.

on schools in general:
http://www.fredoneverything.net/Schools.shtml

Blah, just blah. I try to be open minded and come to terms with this blog changing, but this is just blah. I can't imagine any teacher touching this with a ten foot pole. Not surprising "Fred" has a take on it - I'm wishing I hadn't followed MrRational's link.

Interesting would be a link to a study about test scores of new immigrants and the countries they come from and how many generations in the US before differences are reduced and cross typing to socio-economic levels.

Or how about an article on why Montgomery Blair does so well on tests and science fairs and college admissions. Is this something that other schools could emulate, or is it all about having a wealthy school district and wealthy parents and so it won't translate into Baltimore?

On the other hand this is just looking at last names on an award list, making assumptions and poking people about racial stereotypes. Very different from studies on achievement gaps of African American and Hispanic Students IMHO.

It almost seems like the point was to stir up angry and provocative posts.

As for the Montgomery Blair National Merit result, the reason a huge portion of the winners were Asian is that the school houses a countywide magnet that primarily draws Asian and white students. Counting from the list, 46 out of the 53 students are Magnets, with the rest coming from Blair's normal population.

The Other side of the coin:

SHANGHAI'S universities will add psychological health courses to their curricula this year after a report showed that suicide was the top cause of death among college students in 2008.

More than half the suicide victims were found to be suffering from depression caused by relationship problems or study pressure.

High expectations

"Parents nowadays usually put high expectations on their single children even as they dote on them. But children who grown up under highly indulgent parents tend to be fragile in face of frustrations such as poor exam performance," said Zhang, who is also a professor at the East China University of Politics and Law.

To The Sun Editor,

I read the story about the Sun in Baltimore magazine. A sad commentary on the plight of newspapers. The point was made that the Sun intends to survive via new technologies such as blogs. While Sara was covering the city you had a vibrant blog going. There was current information and solid input from bloggers. The blog created a much needed place for interested city school stakeholders to talk.Why would you mess with success? While I see the need for coverage over the area, clearly from the participation, the counties are rarely responding and you have lost the city bloggers! How does this promote the well being of the Sun or the City Schools? No reflection on the reporters as I think they must be following orders.Please bring back the old blog!

is anyone covering education in the city?

Easy there with the model minority stereotype....

"We have worked to close the achievement gap because of the educational inequities that have existed for years in African American communities . . . "

You lie, you lie, you lie, you lie, you lie (lol)

We have not worked. We have talked and expressed concern and sympathy for years. However, the HSA's and other Mickey Mouse half measures is not what passes for achievement in the Black community. Follow the academic achievement of African and Caribbean immigrants and you will find that they go "tit for tat" with Asians.

If you and your paper, the Baltimore Sun, were not such flunkies for the MSDE, you would realize pitiful hypocrisy and failure. Also, Liz please keep your race grief and strife to yourself.

There's nothing inherent in Asians that make them do better on SAT and in school - its a culture thing. Its a cultural thing for these kids to go to after school tutoring for SAT prep. I sent my son to C2 for SAT prep and his scores went up 600 points. This Friday, C2 is having a College seminar over in Germantown at New Covenant Fellowship Church at 5.

I attend many college admissions seminars, and often I will see a large number of Asian parents. There is another free seminar being offered by C2 Education in Germantown, MD on Friday, Sept. 5. It's this awareness that also helps parents be better informed for upcoming requirements in the college admissions process. For more info go to http://www.c2educate.com.

Asian students are doing good in the education field among all the other students anywhere in the world. They are hardworking and focused.