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The Asia Society Partnership for Global Learning is an innovative educational movement. Its purpose is to provide leadership and structure to move international education from the margins to the mainstream by connecting policy and practice to prepare American students to excel in an interconnected world. Through publications, conferences, workshops, newsletters, policy briefs and online resources, the Partnership for Global Learning provides:
 

  • effective K-12 strategies for integrating international education content across the curriculum
  • successful approaches to creating world language programs
  • ways to “make the case” for global competence
  • policy innovations and funding resources to advance international education
  • approaches to international benchmarking to support innovation
  • preparation for teachers to teach about the world
  • ways to harness technology and create new opportunities for international collaboration
  • an understanding of how international education promotes academic excellence and equity for all students

Why international knowledge and skills?
From science and culture to sports and politics, ideas and capital are crossing borders and spanning the world. The globalization of business, the advances in technology, and the acceleration of migration increasingly require the ability to work on a global scale. As a result of this new connectivity, our high school graduates will need to be far more knowledgeable about world regions and global issues, and able to communicate across cultures and languages.

Our students must emerge from schools college-ready and globally competent, prepared to compete, connect, and cooperate with their generation around the world. Parents, teachers, policymakers, and business leaders have begun to respond to this reality and are seeking to redesign education to focus on learning for the 21st century. However, the U.S. education system has not yet created an environment to prepare every student for the globalized world. To move international education from the margins to the mainstream, we must work together to ensure an environment of excellence and equity in a global era.

Mission
Asia Society's Partnership for Global Learning connects state and district decision makers, school leaders, teachers, universities, and other stakeholders in a membership organization to:
 

  • Increase the supply of K-12 schools with the capacity to graduate college ready, globally competent youth by integrating international knowledge and skills throughout the curriculum
  • Increase the demand for international education by raising awareness, creating policy priority, and increasing resources for education about the world
  • How will the Partnership do this? Learn more about our activities.
 
Support
The Asia Society Partnership for Global Learning is made possible by the vision and generosity of our founding sponsor:
 
 

MetLife Foundation supports education, health, civic and cultural organizations. It seeks to  increase opportunities for young people to succeed, encourage leadership development for teachers and principals, and connect schools, families and communities. Its funding for education is informed by findings from the annual MetLife Survey of the American Teacher.  For more information visit www.metlife.org

About Asia Society
The mission of Asia Society’s Education Program is to ensure that the next generation of K-12 students in the United States is prepared for the challenges and responsibilities of an increasingly interdependent world. The Education Program has been working towards a nationwide commitment to make international knowledge and skills a top priority, creating models and resources for schools around the United States, and engaging U.S. education leaders with their counterparts in Asia and around the world.

Rajesh Kumar Malhotra | 02:24:11 08:35am
It's good to do something for educating people in a manner which is today necessary to meet up global requirements. There is so much to do . We should be ready for this great cause
Kurt Hamm | 02:05:11 07:23am
I have a solution for schools that have had to cut thier budgets in World Languages. There is an Open Courseware website with a complete Manadarin Chinese program that is free to download. www.chineseocw.com The program has two text books that are taught side by side, the Grammar Text (322 pages) and the Workbook (283 pages). Each Workbook lesson has an accompanying MP3 sound file that has recordings of all the dialogs and new words. The Grammar Text has complete grammar explanations combined with ample usage examples and the Workbook has dialogs, exercises and speaking activities. You don’t have to be an expert on grammar to use this program. The only grammatical terms used in this program are verb, noun, adjective, subject and object. It begins by teaching sentences that use the Subject-Verb-Object sentence pattern because it is familiar to English speakers and makes learning as intuitive as possible. It should take 4 school terms to be able to learn Chinese well enough to learn Chinese without using English.
Laurence Peters | 11:03:10 02:02pm
This is a great goal. I would add that we need high quality professional development if we are to be successful in this effort. In today's high accountabilty world we must make the connection for teachers between content and performance standards and technology ones clear. This takes a good deal of work. In my experience writing the book Global Education Using Technology to Bring the World to Your Students (ISTE 2009) we need to prepare teacher trainers as well as teachers to make this vision of a globally connected, 21st century classroom a reality.
David Reid | 06:02:10 01:30am
How does the Asia Society select resources for schools? Do you promote other commercial resources or do you develop all your materials in-house?
Partnership | 02:24:10 01:23pm
You tells us about global learning and i want to ask you: could students from other counties participate in yours program?
Sasha Yin | 01:16:10 09:58am
I'd like to know if AA has already decided on the recipient schools for the Confucius Classroom grant for the year. If yes, where to find the info. Thanks! Sasha
Henry G. Kluttz | 12:09:09 06:41am
Our school, Jesse C. Carson HS, has established a partnership with Jiangsu Quingjiang Middle School in Huai'an, China. We visited last June through our agency in NC, The Center for International Understanding and the NC Dept. of Public Instruction. Presently, two of our Central Office staff are visiting with a delegation from NC to the Jiangsu Educational Services for International Exchange in Nanjing, China. Our school would like to apply for support from The Asia Society to receive assistance from Hanban and the Confucius Institute to place a teacher in our school. Our purpose is to begin a program of Mandarin and Chinese History and Culture for our public school students. This is the beginning of our vision for Global Learning and establishing a program for international understanding, specifically China. Thank you for any assistance, Henry Kluttz
Katrina Summerville | 11:15:09 01:27am
Please sign me up to receive more information about conferences and other initiatives by your organization.
Grace Norman | 11:16:09 09:52am
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Geraldine Willmott | 08:26:09 01:19am
As a sixth grade teacher with years of social activist experience, I am already convinced that your global educational goals are crucial to the survival of the planet as well as the future success of my students. The provincialism or worse imperialism of the US imprisons our children in a fantasy world view. This year, I will again focus on teaching peace through tolerance and real identification with the cultures of the eastern hemisphere. I want to focus on debunking the myth of American power/prosperity/superiority by replacing it with the idea of world-wide cooperation, mutual respect, and acceptance (or rather experience) of our common humanity. I hope to do this through autobiographical accounts, hands-on art projects, film, photos, simulations, as well as direct communication with students around the globe (especially e-mail or video conferencing with the help of grant money. In addition, my lessons will bring the roles of women throughout the world and through the ages (students, mothers, social activists, political leaders, and business leaders) into the classroom. Again this year, I will use the educational resources of Heifer to mobilize my students and the rest of the student body to reach out to children in developing countries. How can I get involved in your program in New York City? What are your plans for teacher conferences? What are the logistics of bringing classes to your museum? Is there grant money available from your society for teachers to facilitate global education ?

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