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AACE Condemns New York City’s “Desegregation” Plan to Eliminate Gifted Programs and Academic Selection

For Immediate Release August 29, 2019 Livingston, New Jersey: On August 26, 2019, the School Diversity Advisory Group, an expert panel commissioned by the New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, announced a drastic proposal to phase out gifted programs in most of the city’s public schools and to abolish admissions screening based on standardized tests. The Asian American Coalition for Education… Read More »

AACE Welcomes the College Board’s Decision to Abolish Its “Adversity Score” Plans and Opposes the Universal Application of its “Landscape” System

For Immediate Release August 28, 2019 Livingston, New Jersey: The Asian American Coalition for Education (AACE) welcomes the College Board’s decision of rolling back its previous plans for the Environmental Context Dashboard, as a responsible acknowledgement of legitimate concerns from the Asian-American community. This new development demonstrates its willingness to accommodate stakeholder input from our community. In an… Read More »

AACE Calls Upon Washingtonian Voters to Sign on Referendum Measure 88

For Immediate Release July 18, 2019 Livingston, New Jersey: On April 28, 2019, the Washington Legislature passed I-1000, an unconstitutional and immoral measure that would legalize discrimination against Asian Americans in education and employment by restoring Washington’s divisive, race-based affirmative action policies. The Asian American Coalition for Education (AACE) strongly opposes this renewed attempt to harm the Asian-American community and urges you to… Read More »

**UPDATED** Call to Action: Join SFFA’s Lawsuits and/or to File Civil Rights Complaints against Anti-Asian Discrimination in College Admissions

For Immediate Release July 8, 2019 Livingston, New Jersey: As you may not know, many selective colleges in 42 states are following Harvard’s admissions model by using ILLEGAL racial quotas, racial stereotypes and higher standards to discriminate against Asian-American applicants. Year after year, countless Asian-American students, who demonstrate exceptional records in both academic and extracurricular activities, are unfairly… Read More »

AACE Denounces the New York City Department of Education’s Anti-Asian Rhetoric

For Immediate Release June 12, 2019 Livingston, New Jersey: Asian American Coalition for Education (AACE) strongly condemns a recent “pro-diversity” workshop held by the Department of Education (DOE) in the New York City for its school administrators as anti-Asian, hypocritical, and insidiously divisive. Essentially part of the city’s $23 million anti-racism initiative, this panel was organized by the… Read More »