From the Huffington Post:
Asian American students tend to outpace other racial groups academically. The question is, why? The answer isn't "tiger moms." A new study shows that the high level of achievement among Asian Americans isn't the result of coercing kids. On this score, Tiger Mom got it wrong. Commenting on the study, which was published in the journal Race and Social Problems and conducted by Min Zhou, professor of sociology and Asian American Studies at UCLA, and Jennifer Lee, professor of sociology at UC Irvine, a column in The Washington Post observes that young Asian Americans "have all kinds of good role models to emulate."

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