Report: AAPI Parent Guided Conversations on Education (2022)
The Coalition for Asian American Children and Families (CACF) held a series of parent guided conversations with a diverse group of Asian American parents and families, largely limited English proficient, low-income, and/or immigrant, who regularly interfaced with a range of direct service community-based organizations (CBOs.) We sought to understand the needs, concerns, hopes, and dreams Asian American parents have regarding their children’s education and identify the challenges they face in the New York City public education system. The majority of parents we spoke to had never taken part in a conversation about education policy or been asked to reflect more formally on their own families’ experiences in New York City public schools.
This report does the following:
• Shares our findings on families’ perspectives
• Demonstrates that the AAPI community holds a variety of views on education
• Expands the range of voices included in conversations about education policy to better represent impacted and marginalized communities
• Highlights the New York City Department of Education’s (DOE) failure to properly educate and inform families, and address continued systemic barriers necessitating a more deliberate approach to engagement
• Provides recommendations to the DOE aligned with parents’ reflections
This report was made possible with support from the New York Community Trust. We’d also like to thank our Partners Chinese-American Planning Council, Immigrant Social Services, Sakhi for South Asian Women, South Asian Youth Action, and Women for Afghan Women, who worked with us to facilitate conversations with parents in their communities.
