"Dangerous Ignorance" of U.S. Youth in International Matters Prompts Nov. 2 China Conference at Simmons College
China's Entry into World Trade Organization: What This Means for American Educators

BOSTON (Oct. 11, 2002) – How teachers can better inform their students about the significance of China's entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO) will be the focus of a Nov. 2 conference at Simmons College. The conference is in response to the National Commission on Asia in the Schools pathbreaking report, "Asia in the Schools: Preparing Young Americans for Today's Interconnected World," which states that young Americans are "dangerously uninformed about international matters," especially in the case of Asia, home to more than sixty percent of the world's population.

The conference, "China's Entry into the World Trade Organization, Its Impact on U.S.-China Relations, and Its Significance for American Educators," will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 2 at Alumnae Hall on the Simmons College residence campus, 321 Brookline Ave. Tickets are $50 ($10 for Simmons students) and can be purchased by contacting Abby at 617-923-9933 x20.

Nicholas Lardy, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and author of Integrating China into the Global Economy, will be the keynote speaker at 9:15 a.m. The conference will also feature panels and workshops to examine the relationship between the U.S. and China, and how to best introduce that topic in schools.

The conference is a collaboration between the Simmons College East Asian Studies Program and Primary Source. Primary Source is a center for teaching and learning for K-12 educators who want to engage in more accurate and inclusive teaching of history and humanities. It is sponsored by the Freeman Foundation; co-sponsored by China Business Group; the Five College Center for East Asian Studies; the law firms of Foley-Hoag and Hinckley Allen & Snyder; the New Hampshire Humanities Council; and supported by Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents; Massachusetts Council for the Social Studies-President Valerie Degnan; the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities; New England School Development Council; and the Sino-American Times

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