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Announcements

• STARTALK
  STARTALK, a project of the federal National Security Language Initiative, provides funding for summer programs in Chinese and Arabic. The project includes professional development programs for teachers K-16 and language programs for high school students. The 2007 program offers 35 institutes in 22 states. Many offer tuition and/or travel assistance to participants. Click here for more information.
  
  
• China Bridge Delegation 2007
  The College Board and the Office of Chinese Language Council International (Hanban) will organize a one-week educational tour to China in late June. Participants will visit schools and cultural sites, exchange ideas with Chinese educators, and obtain information on starting Chinese language programs. School and district leaders are invited to apply. Click here to learn more.
  
  
• Chinese American International School’s First National Conference on Teaching Chinese Language
  In response to the growing demand for Chinese language instruction across the United States and to celebrate its 25 th anniversary, the Institute for the Teaching of Chinese Language and Culture at Chinese American International School (CAIS) held its f irst national conference on March 16-18 at Mission Bay Conference Center at UCSF in San Francisco, California. More than 300 participants, speakers, and vendors attended the conference. Read on...
  
  
• Kansas creates a statewide taskforce on Chinese language training. Click here to read more about Kansas' initiative.
  
• AP Course and Exam in Chinese (Mandarin) Language and Culture will debut in the 2006-2007 school year.
  
• The Committee for Economic Development will release a new report in February 2006 in which business groups call for investment in international studies and critical languages. Register on this website to be notifed of the report's availability.
  
• Asia Society releases policy report: Expanding Chinese-Language Capacity in the United States. Click here to read about it and download a copy.
  
• In Congress, U.S. Senators Lieberman and Lamar Alexander proposes a bill for the federal government to spend one billion dollars on Chinese language and social science programs for schools and universities. Senator Bill Frist proposes more generous Pell grants for shortage areas: math, science and foreign languages.
  
• There is strong media interest in Chinese. See our In the News pages for recent clippings.
  
• A fall 2004 College Board survey of high schools shows 2,400 high schools interested in offering Mandarin courses. States with largest numbers are California, Texas, New York, Florida, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, North Carolina, Virginia, Illinois, Massachusetts, and Georgia.
  
• Asia Society led delegations of state commissioners of education to China in 2003 and 2005, which resulted in state interest in expanding Chinese instruction in states such as New York, New Jersey, North Carolina, Connecticut, Ohio, Virginia, Kentucky, Oregon, Michigan, California. Oklahoma and Minnesota commissioners also visited China.
  
• Oregon receives funding to start a K-16 Pipeline Initiative in Oregon.
  
• A US-China joint project, CHENGO, uses game-based and voice recognition software to teach beginning Chinese in American students and English to Chinese students.
  
• Chicago and Philadelphia school districts plan to expand Chinese programs in schools.