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Second Annual Internationalizing Michigan Education Conference 
On April 14, 2008, a delegation of ten education officials from Chongqing, China,
arrived in East Lansing for a series of meetings that culminated in the
Second Annual Internationalizing Michigan Education Conference, sponsored
by The MSU College of Education’s Office for K-12 Outreach and
U.S. China Center for Research on Education Excellence,
the Confucius Institute at Michigan State University and
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In addition to our Lansing and Beijing sites, we have added seven additional sites offering Chinese language and cultural experiences. The sites include: |
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EGC Professional Development
The US-China Center held a three day immersion
professional development for ten teachers. This
professional development was designed for
English and Chinese speaking teachers to develop a deep
understanding of the EGC Schools model and helped
them forge collegial relations and planning practices.
Topics in the series focused on building cohesive
curriculum across eastern and western classrooms and
how to problem solve potential logistical issues that
arise in immersion programs. This professional
development will be supported throughout the school
year as teachers continue to work in building the
immersion programs within their own schools.
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Obama's Choice on Education
Which way Obama will push the nation on schools is unclear, but the priorities must be
accountability, funding and learning. Education was relegated to the outskirts of the
presidential campaign this year, always a fourth or fifth runner-up to such pressing
matters as the economy, Iraq and healthcare. With few people asking penetrating
questions on the issue, Barack Obama was able to sound as though he sided both with
traditionalist teachers unions and with accountability-minded reformers.
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