An initiative to help identify and bridge gaps among diverse communities in the Asian Pacific American community through data disaggregation, especially in educational opportunities, will grant $836,000 to Minnesota, Washington and Hawaii, the White House announced Monday.
The U.S. Department of Education’s Asian American Pacific Islander Data Disaggregation Initiative, started in May, encourages educational agencies to collect and analyze data on Asian Pacific American subpopulations. The grant is projected to impact one million students in the three states.
“Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have too often been subjected to the model minority myth, the notion that they are all successful, educated, and self-sufficient, which has masked unique needs of AAPI subgroups,” said Doua Thor, executive director for the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.
