A new report highlights the infiltration of Chinese Communist Party propaganda into American educational institutions through the Young Envoys Scholarship program.
A new report highlights the infiltration of Chinese Communist Party propaganda in American educational institutions through the Young Envoys Scholarship program. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: At least 83 U.S. universities and 26 K-12 schools across 30 states have participated in the Young Envoys Scholarship, a Chinese government exchange program launched by President Xi Jinping in 2023, according to a report from parents’ rights group Defending Education. DETAIL: The program, which aims to bring 50,000 young Americans to China over five years, is operated by the China Education Association for International Exchange, whose stated guiding ideology includes Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, and Xi Jinping Thought. Critics argue the…Open
Student violence in many of our nation’s schools is out of control. An Education Week teacher survey, whose results were released in March, found that […] Source
Data: U.S. Census Bureau ; Chart: Russell Contreras/Axios White students now make up less than half of all Americans enrolled in school from nursery through graduate programs, according to an Axios analysis of new U.S. Census data . Why it matters: America's future workforce and electorate are moving through schools strained by 20-year-low reading scores , teacher shortages and racial segregation at levels not seen since the 1960s. - How schools, colleges and policymakers respond to this demographic shift will define opportunity for a generation. The big picture: White (non-Latino, non-multiracial) student enrollment fell from 46.7 million in 2000 to 36.6 million in 2024. - White students account for 48.8% of all Americans enrolled in…
After decades of steady growth, attendance in U.S. K–12 public schools has shifted drastically. Over the past five years, registration has fallen by 2.3 percent, […] Source
She was thrilled to become the first teacher from a government-sponsored school in India to get a Fulbright exchange award to learn from U.S. schools. People asked two questions that clouded her joy.