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

Grants Awarded

$8,000 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.

$10,000 American Forum for Global Education, New York, NY
To support a three-day national forum for global educators in Washington, DC in November 2001.

$25,000 Brown University, Choices Program, Providence, RI
For professional development and materials development related to the Capitol Forum and outreach efforts to expand this program to four new states in 2001-2002. More

$16,000 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.

$15,000 Indiana University International Resource Center, Bloomington, IN
To transform a web site into an interactive professional development site where teachers will receive content about Indiana and the World while modeling demonstrated teaching strategies.

$10,000 InterConnections 21, Wilson, WY
For dissemination of materials from the 2001 workshop on human rights, peace education and conflict resolution, and the work of the United Nations and program development and preparation for the the 2002 workshop.

$25,000 International Education and Resource Network (iEARN), New York, NY
For development of curriculum-specific Internet-based professional development courses and to disseminate this training through the organization's international education network. More
$3,500 Massachusetts Global Education Program, Winchester, MA
In 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.

$25,000 National Peace Corps Association, Washington, DC
Two-part grant: (1) $4,000 for awards of $500 each to eight teachers for exemplary global education curricula; and (2) $21,000 for the Kids Around the World project. More

$25,000 University of Denver, Center for Teaching International Relations, Denver, CO
For the development of curriculum materials to support the expansion of World Affairs Challenge, to foster student awareness of international issues for collaborative problem solving. More

$18,000 World Affairs Council of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
For the Global Leadership Initiative, involving high school students in planning and, under the guidance of the World Affairs Council, carrying out model programs.

$10,000 World Affairs Council of Washington, DC, Washington, DC
To support the Council's five-day 2001 Summer Institute.