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Our partners leading the way in AAPI education
Grantees
Together we build belonging through education.
We’re focusing on standardizing AAPI history for every student in the country.
Project Highlights
Education
Teaching Equitable Asian American Community History (TEAACH) Act Collaborative
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.
"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."
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Dr. Virginia
Loh-Hagan
Co-Executive Director, The Asian American Education Project
Convenings
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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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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.
Our histories have largely been erased in schools.
20
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
Source: Dr. Sohyun An, Kennesaw State University
5
States
5 additional states are in the process of passing legislation to get AAPI history into K-12 classrooms.
Source: TAAF
Source: TAAF
1.6%
U.S. Universities
Only 1.6% of all U.S. universities offer an AAPI studies program.
Source: TAAF
Source: TAAF
Grant Applications
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