The Longview Foundation Releases Report on Internationalizing Pre-service Teacher Education.

Grants Awarded

$7,500 American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE), Washington, DC
For dissemination of a special policy paper on incorporating global education into pre-service teacher education. This paper will be based on an International Forum conducted at their 2001 annual meeting.

$5,000 American Forum for Global Education, New York, NY
To support a three-day national forum for global educators in Washington, DC in November 2001.

$7,010 Brown University, Choices Program, Providence, RI
To include a Senior Associate middle school teachers in planning and leading the Summer Institute for teachers and to include two new middle schools in the 2000 Choices Teaching Fellows Program. (Discretionary Grant) More

$750 Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), Washington, DC
To revise assessment items related to global education and offer them to states for testing. States who choose some items for testing students will report results back to CCSSO, which will collect and maintain data.
$6,000 Indiana University, ERIC, Social Studies Development Center, Bloomington, IN
To print and disseminate 1,000 copies of proposed book, "Resources in ERIC on Global Education".

$6,600 InterConnections 21, Wilson, WY
Three part grant: (1) link the themes of human rights, peace education and conflict resolution, and the work of the United Nations to national and state standards; (2) conduct a teacher workshop to identify existing curriculum materials on these themes that relate to the education standards; (3) provide stipend for one regional teacher coordinator.

$1,500 International Education and Resource Network (iEARN), New York, NY
Discretionary grant to publish selected iEARN student projects on website and in print for greater dissemination. Over 300,000 students from the U.S. and 74 countries are linked online to work on collaborative technology-based projects so they can explore together their common humanity, global citizenship, and civic responsiblity. More
$3,000 Massachusetts Global Education Program, Winchester, MA
n support of the second year of a two-year project. The grant will be used for printing of a new K-12 curriculum guide and ten follow-up workshops.

$8,000 National Catholic Education Association, Washington, DC
To fund the fifth year of mini-grant program for worthy global education projects in member elementary schools.

$8,000 National Peace Corps Association, Washington, DC
Two part grant: (1) $5,000 to continue support for the fourth year of $500 awards to ten elementary and middle school teachers for exemplary global education curriculum lessons to be disseminated through the Global TeachNet web site; and (2) $3,000 as seed money to begin a publication Kids Around the World. More
$2,500 Northwestern University Library, Evanston, IL
To support costs of elementary students attending special exhibit, "The Art of the Story", on children’s book illustrations from around the world.
$5,000 Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC
To develop an elementary education outreach program in conjunction with their exhibit, "African Voices", that will focus on an inventory of current teaching resources on Africa and a dissemination strategy that includes updating the Smithsonian web site.

$2,850 University of Denver, Center for Teaching International Relations, Denver, CO
To conduct a one-day teacher workshop for middle and high school French teachers on the culture and literature of Cote d'Ivoire, thus increasing awareness of francophone Africa. More

$5,000 World Affairs Council of Washington, DC, Washington, DC
To support the Council's five-day 2001 Summer Institute.