The Recession's Effect on Filipino American Students

As reports of continued cuts in public schools continue to be released each day, many are looking at how this will affect Filipino American students.

As a baseline, a study was released by the National Federation of Filipino American Assocations (NaFFAA) in January 2008. The study strove to explain how Filipino kindergarten through grade twelve (K-12) students are doing in America’s public schools.

While there is documented exemplary Filipino academic achievement, it was noted that in California there are: (a) low numbers of Filipino students going to college and dropping out early; (b) high suicide rates among Filipino teenage girls; and (c) many Filipino teens feeling excessive Filipino parental pressure to succeed.