TAAF Education Initiative

Together we advocate for AAPI history to build belonging for every student in the country.

Project Highlights

Education

TAAF Talk Higher Education

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Teaching Equitable Asian American Community History (TEAACH) Act Collaborative

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Teaching Equitable Asian American Community History (TEAACH) Act Collaborative

TEAACH Act Partner Resources

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TEAACH Act Partner Resources

Our Approach

We’re accelerating policy adoption to bring AAPI studies to every state.

Our vision is the state-level adoption of legislation or standards to ensure AAPI history is meaningfully taught in K-12 classrooms.

We do this by:

Advocating and implementing teaching

We’re advocating for all 50 states to adopt legislation or standards for teaching AAPI history as part of inclusive history.

Establishing a network of professional development providers

We’re building a network of professional development providers to support educators teaching AAPI/inclusive history with high-quality, accessible curriculum.

Expanding to higher education

Our efforts will significantly increase the number of AA and PI courses, programs, and faculty in universities.

Our partners leading the way in AAPI education

Grantees

Asian American Voices for Education

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Asian Americans Advancing Justice | Chicago

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Asian Texans for Justice

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Asian and Asian American Studies Institute, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Connecticut

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Hamkae Center

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Make Us VIsible

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The Asian American Education Project

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UCLA – Asian American Studies Center (AASC)

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"The generous funding provided by TAAF galvanized the TEAACH team at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign to develop asynchronous online professional development modules for all Illinois K-12 educators and educators worldwide. We are able to lay a strong foundation of approaching Asian American history as U.S. history, providing critical and inter-relational perspectives."

Dr. Yoon

Pak

Head, Education Policy, Organization and Leadership, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

"I'm very touched and overwhelmed by the feedback we get from AAPI teachers who are excited about our lessons and who are thrilled to be able to see themselves represented. For the teachers who are not AAPI, they are excited about learning about this content because they haven't yet. This signals the power of representation which was important for me and I imagine it's important for many others."

Dr. Virginia

Loh-Hagan

Co-Executive Director, The Asian American Education Project

Convenings

The Asian Pacific Americans in Higher Education (APAHE) Conference is focused on advancing the pipeline of Asian Americans toward senior level administration in higher education. Less than 1% of the three thousand colleges and universities in the United States are only led by a person of Asian American descent.

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APAHE National Conference

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Oakland, CA

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April 2023

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We held a virtual convening focused on the implementation of the Teaching Equitable Asian American Community History (TEAACH) Act that ensures every Illinois student is taught Asian American history. More than 75 representatives across key stakeholder groups came together to prepare for the law’s implementation in fall of 2022.

Teaching Equitable Asian American Community History (TEAACH) Act Collaborative

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TEAACH Act Convening

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March 2022

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Our histories have largely been erased in schools.

States

Only 20 states have mandated the teaching of AAPI history. While it’s a promising start, the breadth of education for these states remains inconsistent.

Source: Dr. Sohyun An, Kennesaw State University

States

5 additional states are in the process of passing legislation to get AAPI history into K-12 classrooms.

Source: TAAF

1.6%

U.S. Universities

Only 1.6% of all U.S. universities offer an AAPI studies program.

Source: TAAF

Grant Applications

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