Shuang Wen School
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Shuang Wen School, a public school in New York City, is a popular elementary school, possibly because it recently ranked number 3 out of 1200 schools in test results. The vast majority of the students in this school come from New York's Chinese ethnic population, who live with incomes below the poverty line. Typically, they are the children of garment workers and food service workers, and yet the school attracts students from across the city's entire population.
Because this school defies some common stereotypes about race, wealth, educational achievement, this school has been written about in the newspaper and television media; children of all races attend this school, and even participate in the Chinese language classes.
The respect for education among the immigrant population in New York City, which has held true for hundreds of years, and across generations of immigrants to this city, may be a factor in the success of this school.
External links
- School website (http://schools.nycenet.edu/Region9/ps184/)
- Shuang Wen School - A Dual Language school in New York City (http://www.newvisions.org/schoolsuccess/practices/duallanguage/ShuangWenBest.shtml)