Momentum for requiring instruction of Asian American and Pacific Islander history in K-12 curriculum nationwide continues to grow—including in states like Florida where legislation restricts how ...

Part one: Beginnings : Asians in the Americas. Los Chinos in New Spain and Asians in early America ; Coolies -- Part two: The making of Asian America during the age of mass migration and Asian ...

As Texas leaders work to update the state’s social studies curriculum standards, known as the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills or TEKS, one proposed change is the approval of a high school ...

In a historic move last month, Illinois became the first state to require that Asian American history be taught in public schools. The Teaching Equitable Asian American Community History (TEAACH) Act ...

When Anita Chaiprasert looks back on what she's learned in school, she only remembers a handful of times when Asian American history was mentioned. Chaiprasert said she vaguely recalled being taught ...

Established in 2021 by Professor Craig N. Canning, Professor of East Asian History at William and Mary (1973-2012) and his wife Nancy, the Canning Award supports undergraduate and graduate students in ...

When Jinhee Kim’s daughter looked in her history book, she didn’t see anyone who looked like herself – and she had questions for her mother about why that was so. “Mommy, why do we not learn about ...

Just over a year ago, President Joe Biden signed a bipartisan bill that created a commission to study whether a National Museum of Asian Pacific American History and Culture should be established in ...

As the nations of Central Asia celebrate three decades of independence from the now defunct-Soviet Union, the region’s relations with the Russian Federation are generally cordial, though not without ...

MIAMI -- Asian-American history will be part of the state's school curriculum for the first time in Florida. The requirement was contained in a bill that was recently signed into lawy by Gov. Ron ...

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