Jamie Asaka

Assistant Middle School Director, Lakeside School (Seattle, WA).

Educational Development

Asian Success in NYC Public Schools Increase Racial Stereotyping

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Jamie Asaka Asian American Education

The statistics on the general population of New York City public schools broadcasts the wide diversity the city holds. However, there is a certain sense of segregation setting in amongst typical public schools when compared to elite public schools. While the population of a general public school in New York City is roughly seventy-five percent African American and fourteen percent Asian, the student body attending an exclusive school tells an entirely different story. [Read more…] about Asian Success in NYC Public Schools Increase Racial Stereotyping

How Colorado Senator Mike Johnston Changed Education

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Mike Johnston is a state senator from Colorado who loved teaching so much, he decided to become the principle of a school for challenged kids in Colorado. While this may seem like a giant misstep for a politician who advised President Obama on education policy, Johnston actually began his career as a teacher with Teach for America in 1997. From Mike’s experience he wrote In the Deep Heart’s Core, a book about the challenges teachers face in the Colorado education system. [Read more…] about How Colorado Senator Mike Johnston Changed Education

Sir Ken Robinson Challenges U.S. Education

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Sir Kenneth Robinson is an internationally renowned expert in creativity and education. In the spring of 2013 he delivered a TedTalk where he highlighted 3 key principles necessary for the human mind to flourish– and how our current culture of education works to achieve to the opposite.

While Robinson’s talk breaks down the issues causing a rise in national dropout rates, he also accentuates the problematic misconception that education is a mechanistic system that can be corrected through data analysis and testing rather than a humanistic system that focuses on diversity and creative development. At the core of Robinson’s talk, he urges the audience to reconsider the professional development of teachers because without them the education system fails.

“There is no system in the world or any school in the country that is better than its teachers. Teachers are the lifeblood of the success of schools.” – Ken Robison