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As part of the Committee of 100's Asian/Asian American Education Initiative, we are pleased to provide links to organizations that are promoting the studying of the Chinese language (Mandarin) and culture by American students at the national and local level.

News

H.R. 2313: U.S.-China Language Engagement Act
August 24, 2009

Karen Clancy Completes Third Year Instructing Teachers in China
August 19, 2009

Letter from a Teacher of Sonoma County Participating in the 2009 China Summer Institute
August 04, 2009

Listen to "The California Report" for a story about the teachers and students who have benefitted from the Committee of 100's Education Initiative
March 18, 2009

Los Angeles Unified School District Board (LAUSD) approves the Mandarin, Spanish, and Other World Languages in Schools Initiative
November 05, 2008

小學開始學中文 學區認可
November 04, 2008

Video: Learning Chinese Why and How (It is sponsored by Committee of 100's Education Initiative and C-100 Member Charlie Sie)
October 15, 2008

Living and Being 'Chinese': Geographic and Ethnic Diversity in China
China Institue for Educators
February 02, 2007

With a Changing World Comes An Urgency to learn Chinese
The Washington Post
August 26, 2006

Chinese is hot campus subject
Mercury News
Nov. 14, 2005

Chinese sign deal for Confucius Institute at UH
Pacific Business News
Nov. 4, 2005

School helps families straddle Chinese, American culture
The Dallas Morning News
Oct. 13, 2005

Asian studies lagging in schools
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Oct. 13, 2005

Textbook Companies Dictating Whitewashed History
Asian Week Magazine
Sept. 02, 2005

Along with ABCs, some learn Chinese
The Boston Globe
June 8, 2005

Chinese Classes Grow in Popularity with U.S. Students
Radio program on NPR

Education: The Future Doesn't Speak French
Aware of the challenges ahead, American students are rushing to learn Chinese
Newsweek Magazine

Federal Grant for Implementing Chinese Language Program at Palos Verdes Schools
The World Journal

Links

C-100 Chairman Robert Lee's Support Letter for SB 684
C-100 Chairman Robert Lee's Letter to Sen. Richard G. Lugar

National Flagship Language Initiative (NFLI)
Chinese K-16 Pipeline Project
Solicitation and Application Guidelines

Websites

American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
Asia Society Education Programs

Association of Departments of Foreign Language
Chinese Language Association of Secondary-Elementary Schools
Chinese Language Teacher Association
Chinese School Association in the United States
CHENGO
The College Board AP Home Page

National Consortium for Teaching about Asia
National Council of Associations of Chinese Language Schools
National Foreign Language Center at the University of Maryland
National Flagship Language Initiative
National Office for Teaching Chinese as Foreign Language
Secondary School Chinese Language Center, Princeton University
U.S. Department of Education Foreign Language Assistance Program

 

www.actfl.org
www.askasia.org
www.internationaled.org
www.adfl.org
www.classk12.org
clta.osu.edu
www.csaus.org
www.elanguage.cn
apcentral.collegeboard.com/
Chinese

www.nctasia.org
www.ncacls.org
www.nflc.org
www.nflc.org/nfli
www.hanban.edu.cn
www.princeton.edu/~ssclc  
www.ed.gov/programs/flap