OAKLAND, Calif. -- English-language learners have the lowest scores on the California High School Exit Exam and the lowest rates of college attendance in the state. Zhuanyi Deng hopes to change all that.
New America Media Education Editor Carolyn Ji Jong reports.
New America Media, News Report, by Carolyn Ji Jong Goossen, Posted: May 28, 2009
OAKLAND, Calif. -- English-language learners have the lowest scores on the California High School Exit Exam and the lowest rates of college attendance in the state. Zhuanyi Deng hopes to change all that.
Deng
is
part
of
a
group
of
Cantonese-speaking
low-income
students
who
went
to
high
school
largely
unaware
that
they
had
to
take
a
certain
set
of
courses
to
be
eligible
to
attend
the
University
of
California
or
California
State
University.
They
are
determined
not
to
let
other
students
meet
the
same
fate.
Zhuanyi
Deng
and
MuTing
Cen,
members
of
Asian
Immigrant
Women
Advocates
youth
group,
work
on
their
speeches.