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Beyond McCleary — Education opportunity: Equal but Unequal? Legislators tackling student-achievement gap

March 9, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Alice Day WNPA Olympia News Bureau Advocates for minority and low-income students are urging legislators to take a closer look at the state’s McCleary obligation to ensure that all students are given equal and ample opportunity to achieve in school. One bill would require state agencies to assess the potential negative impacts of education […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2013, 2015, African American Black, American Indian Alaska Native, English Language Learners Accountability Task Force, HB, House Bill, House Education Committee Chair Rep, King County Asian Pacific Islander Coalition, Lillian Ortiz-Self, Native Hawaiian, Pramila Jayapal, Senate Bill, Sharon Tomiko Santos, Solid Ground, Tony Lee, Transitional Bilingual Instructional Program, Vol 34 No 10 | February 28 - March 6

2 on AAPI advisory committee

May 5, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

President Barack Obama announced on April 24 that he would appoint 14 individuals to the President’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, to improve the quality of life of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders through increased participation in and access to federal programs. Two of the appointees are Diane Narasaki and Michael Byun.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2014, AAPI, Advisory Commission, Asian Americans, Diane Narasaki, King County Asian Pacific Islander Coalition, Michael Byun, Pacific Islanders, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Fellow, Seattle Community Police Commission, Seattle University, Vol 33 No 19 | May 3 - May 9

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