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| North Carolina International Education Summit and Legislation |
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The North Carolina Center for International
Understanding has been able to involve more than 100
North Carolina education and policy stakeholders in
identifying strategies for updating K-12 education with
an international dimension. Their work, North Carolina in
the World: a Plan to Prepare Students for the Global
Economy, will be unveiled at a statewide conference on
April 11, 2005, in Raleigh, NC. The conference is by
invitation only, however you may view a
draft version of the agenda by clicking here.
As mentioned in last month's newsletter, Senator A. B.
Swindell is sponsoring international education (IE)
legislation in the North Carolina State Senate. The bill
has been introduced and is entitled "An Act to Provide
for a Study of What High School Graduates Need to
Know in a Rapidly Changing and Complex Global Society
and Economy." To read the legislation visit
http://internationaled.org/directory.htm#nc
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| NASBE Features International Education edition |
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The March 2005 issue of The State Education
Standard, The Journal of the
National Association of State Boards of Education,
is entitled International Education:
Opening Doors to Global Understanding. The issue
features eight articles by James B. Hunt, Jr., Charles
Kolb, Ted Sanders and Vivien Stewart, Paul Sandrock
and Shuhan Wang and many others. The topics covered
include state initiatives in IE, the importance of
language study and how to meet its challenge, global
leadership in IE, and education in China. For more
information, or to read selected
articles please click on the NASBE link on the right.
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| Website Spotlight: Kansas in the World |
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Recently, the Kansas Committee for International
Education in the Schools (KCIES), launched their new
website, Kansas in the World
(www.kansasintheworld.org). Learn more about the
KCIES initiative, best practices in Kansas and view IE
information including details on the 3,000 person survey
of IE in Kansas. Under Publications, you can view the
Kansas in the World brochure. Helpful
links direct you to international outreach resources,
lesson plans, the newly revised Kansas Social Studies
standards, and other educational materials.
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| IE News and Grant Opportunities |
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Articles focused on international education have
been
appearing in publications around the country. This
month Education Week featured a story on the
February ISSA conference and a story on the tsunami
videoconference for high schools students in the U.S.
and Sri Lanka sponsored by Asia Society and Global
Nomads Group. International
Educator, published by NAFSA: the
Association of
International Educators, features an interview with
Stephanie Bell-Rose, the President of the Goldman
Sachs Foundation. For links to these stories and
more,
click on "Latest IE news stories" on the right.
If you missed either of the
first two issues of this newsletter (which featured
stories on
recent IE
legislation, the Wisconsin summit and recent
work in the
state of Washington), visit
internationaled.org/digest.
As
always, feel free to send me
(hsingmaster@asiasociety.org) updates on what is
happening in international
education for
inclusion in the newsletter or on the website.
Grant Opportunities
The National Security Education Program (NSEP), in
collaboration with the Academy for Educational
Development (AED), has announced a new Chinese K-16
Pipeline Project under NSEP's National Flagship Language
Initiative (NFLI). NFLI is designed to address the vital
need for more advanced skills in language critical to
U.S. national security. NFLI has successfully launched
comprehensive programs of instruction in Arabic,
Chinese (Mandarin), Korean and Russian. To view
the "pre-release" solicitation go to:
internationaled.org/AEDsolicitation.pdf
Two pre-proposal conferences for
applicants will also be held on April 25 and 27. For more
information visit
http://www.nflc.org/nfli/chineseannounce.asp
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The Goldman Sachs Foundation and Asia Society are
seeking applicants for the 2005 Prizes for
Excellence in
International Education. Five prizes of
$25,000 each
annually recognize schools, higher education
institutions, states, and media/technology
organizations
that are working to "put the world into world-class
education."
The Goldman Sachs Foundation Prizes were created in
2003 to raise awareness of the growing
importance of
other world regions to U.S. economic prosperity and
social well-being, and to promote international
knowledge and skills in American schools. Full
eligibility
and application instructions, along with
information on
past winners, are now available online at
www.internationaled.org/prizes. Applications are
due
May 10 for higher education institutions, states,
and
media/technology, and May 17 for elementary, middle
and high schools. For questions, please
email
gsfprizes@asiasoc.org or call 212-327-9301.
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