Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 13 VTMBH Article: Article Order 1 VTMBH Article: Title Queens School District 26 is popular among Korean immigrants VTMBH Article: Author Hyun Sang Lee VTMBH Article: Publication Korea Central Daily News VTMBH Article: Original Language Korean VTMBH Article: Translator Sunkyu Yun VTMBH Article: Section briefs VTMBH Article: Blurb VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body District 26, including Bayside, Douglaston, Little Neck and others, has high test scores and is generally considered one of the best educational environments in New York City. The New York City Board of Education released its Year 2000-2001 Report on March 28. According to the report, Korean students who have been in the U.S. fewer than three years are well represented in the district. Out of 20 elementary schools, 13 schools have heavy populations of recent Korean immigrants. PS 46 has the highest percentage of recently arrived Korean students, 5.4 percent of the total student body. Out of all students at PS 213 and 221 who have lived in the United States for a longer period, over half of them originated in Korea. In District 25, which includes Flushing and Whitestone, 11 elementary and three middle schools have high numbers of Korean students who immigrated to the United States less than three years ago. Of five middle schools in District 26, threeconsidered among the best schoolshave high percentages of students who arrived recently. At IS 188, average test scores are above 90 percent in both English and math. The percentage of students receiving free lunch is only 12 percent (in New York City, the average is 74.7 percent) and all teachers are licensed and employed full time. Because of the sudden influx of Korean students, some schools are experiencing overflow. PS 94 is already 28.8 percent beyond capacity. PS 26, 31 and 162 are also experiencing overflow, with ten percent more than their capacity. <i>The Korea Central Daily News is the U.S. edition of JoonAng Ilbo.</i> VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-03-28 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File v13b1.doc VTMBH Article: Hit Count 113 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Queens School District 26 is popular among Korean immigrants 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. unknown Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. article Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-03-28