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The 2008 Goldman Sachs Foundation Prizes for
Excellence in International Education
The 2008 competition is now closed.
Asia Society and The Goldman Sachs Foundation shared a common belief: for the United States to continue to prosper, all students must have the opportunities to develop international knowledge and skills. Simply put, the world will demand it of our rising generation of leaders and workers.
Together, our two organizations created a prize program whose purpose is to identify and recognize the most promising and successful examples of international education in the United States. The Prizes for Excellence in International
Education to promote international knowledge and skills
in our schools and communities.
The 2008 competition, awarding $100,000, is now seeking applications in the following categories:
Elementary/Middle School
An elementary or middle school that engages all or most of its students in learning about other world regions, cultures and languages. The winner will receive $25,000.
High
School
A secondary school that engages all or most of its students in learning about Asia, Africa, Latin America or the Middle East, or about international affairs through its curriculum and through partnerships with other countries or local organizations. The winner will receive $25,000.
District/State
A state or one of the 100 largest school districts that is actively promoting the development of international knowledge and skills on a wide scale through the creation of robust policies and specific programming initiatives.The winner will receive $25,000.
Media/Technology
A program within a U.S. based public or private for-profit or non-profit organization that has developed outstanding programs that use media/technology to educate students or teachers about other world regions and cultures, or international issues. The winner will receive $25,000.
The Prizes program also awards student scholarships. The 2008 competition is closed; winners will be announced in November.
High School Youth
Five high school students who demonstrate an in-depth understanding of key issues in international affairs and the global economy. The winners will receive up to $10,000 each.
In previous years, the prizewinners
have shown exceptional imagination and commitment to integrating
intellectually rigorous international content into schools,
fostering effective teaching and learning of world languages
and bringing the world to America's youth in exciting ways
through the use of media and technology.
Prizewinners were honored at a dinner in Washington, D.C.
attended by the U.S. Secretary of Education and Under Secretary
of State for Global Affairs and other dignitaries. The winners
have also been announced in The New York Times and
The Financial Times and have garnered considerable
regional and national media coverage. Top schools from the
competition were also featured in Schools for the Global
Age: Promising Practices in International Education.
Eligibility
Please click on a category listed above to view the elegibility
rules for that prize.
Review
and Selection Process
A panel of experts for each prize category drawn from education,
area studies, and international studies will review the
applications/nominations. From this review process, three
finalists in the elementary/middle school, high school,
media/technology, and state categories and ten finalists
in the youth category will be chosen. Based on further review
of the applications and possible interviews or site visits
with the applicants, The Goldman Sachs Foundation Prizes
Jury will select the final winners in each category. Winners in the elementary/middle school, high school, district/state, and media/technology categories will be announced in spring.
Timetable
You may now apply for the Elementary/Middle School, High School, District/State, Media/Technology prizes now. The application deadline is December 1, 2008, 9:00 PM Eastern / 6:00 PM Pacific. Winners will be honored at an event in New York City in Spring 2009.
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The
Goldman Sachs Foundation
The Goldman Sachs Foundation is a global philanthropic organization
funded by The Goldman Sachs Goup, Inc. The Foundation's
mission is to promote excellence and innovation in education
and to improve the academic performance and lifelong productivity
of young people worldwide. It achieves this mission through
a combination of strategic partnerships, grants, loans,
private sector investments, and the deployment of professional
talent from Goldman Sachs. Funded in 1999, the Foundation
has awarded grants in excess of $72 million since its inception,
providing opportunities for young people in more than 20
countries. Visit the Foundation at www.gs.com/foundation.
Asia
Society
Asia Society is the leading global organization working
to strengthen relationships and promote understanding among
the people, leaders, and institutions of Asia and the United
States. We seek to enhance dialogue, encourage creative
expression, and generate new ideas across the fields of
policy, business, education, arts, and culture. Founded
in 1956, Asia Society is a nonpartisan, nonprofit educational
institution with offices in Hong Kong, Houston, Los Angeles,
Manila, Melbourne, Mumbai, New York, San Francisco, Shanghai
and Washington, D.C.
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