Effects on students’ lives beyond academics, in areas as varied as teenage-pregnancy and adult earnings, are cited.

The Educational Seminars program offers Department of State funded grants for U.S. school teachers and administrators. Exchanges are short term, taking place during the summer, and focus on sharing of best practices and...

The principals from each of the Brazilian states returning from their three-week programs in the U.S. come to one city on their ways home. They meet to share and report on their experiences and elect the Brazilian principal of...

Newly appointed Global Cultural Ambassador Kareem Abdul-Jabbar spends time in Brazil to speak with youth about the importance and power of education.

Good teachers are rare, and few people, including school administrators who hire teachers, know what it takes to be one. Although some of the qualities of good teachers are subtle, many of them are identifiable. Here is a list of sixteen traits that excellent teachers have in common: 1.

I created this open blog for the community of teachers, coaches, chairpersons, team leaders, public speakers, anyone dealing with dynamic groups.

I recently posted The Best (and Worst) Education News of 2011, and thought I’d take a stab at some prognostication for 2012. I think I batted close to 50% in last year’s predictions — that can’t be that much worse than those...

WE need more Americans studying abroad — particularly in China — and soon. The U.S. Department of State and the International Institute of Education recently released new numbers on global study abroad in the annual Open Doors...

In October 2011, American students of all ages were taught Mandarin and Arabic by TCLP teachers and in this video, they demonstrate their increasing proficiency in Arabic and Mandarin.

When students enter Alshimaa Nofal's class at Southern Lehigh High School, they offer the usual greetings and pleasantries — but in Arabic. Nofal, from Alexandria, Egypt, is one of 10 Arabic speakers selected to teach the...

TCLP Chinese Teacher, Xiaona Wang, is interviewed by Hopkinton High School freshman Amanda Madany during an episode of All About Hopkinton, broadcast on local television. In the interview, Xiaona discusses her first impressions...

The Educational Seminars program offers Department of State funded grants for U.S. school teachers and administrators. Exchanges are short term, taking place during the summer, and focus on sharing of best practices and professio...