The passing of the historic TEAACH act brings Asian American history into school curricula, starting with Illinois.
In 2021, Illinois passed the TEAACH Act to mandate the inclusion of Asian American history in K-12 curriculum. In 2022, TAAF joined other organizations, funders, and agencies to form the TEAACH Implementation Collaborative, ensuring thousands of teachers—and even more students—have the tools, readiness, and knowledge for more inclusive learning.
An Obscured History
Despite AAPI communities being the fastest-growing racial and ethnic group in the US, our histories have for too long been invisible and misunderstood. The Teaching Equitable Asian American Community History (TEAACH) Act, signed into law in July 2021, made Illinois the first state to require all public schools to make Asian American history part of the curriculum. New Jersey soon followed; other states are poised to do the same.
Strategizing Education, Present and Future
TAAF played a major role in advancing the TEAACH campaign and mobilizing voters. After the act was passed, TAAF partnered with Asian Americans Advancing Justice | Chicago, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign College of Education, the Illinois State Board of Education, Asian American Caucus Education Fund, and funders The Woods Fund of Chicago, The Lloyd A. Fry Foundation, and AAPIP-Chicago to form the TEAACH Implementation Collaborative, which supports strategic plans to implement the act.
In the 2022-2023 school year, the TEAACH Collaborative’s reach and impact included:
1,725 K-12 teachers trained
1,478 by AAAJ | Chicago
227 by UIUC College of Education
20 by Asian American Caucus - Education Fund
30,015 students taught
750 administrators and other educators trained about TEAACH and the updated social science standards
2,475 total educators trained
113 professional development and public workshops offered
In 2021, Illinois passed the TEAACH Act to mandate the inclusion of Asian American history in K-12 curriculum. In 2022, TAAF joined other organizations, funders, and agencies to form the TEAACH Implementation Collaborative, ensuring thousands of teachers—and even more students—have the tools, readiness, and knowledge for more inclusive learning.
An Obscured History
Despite AAPI communities being the fastest-growing racial and ethnic group in the US, our histories have for too long been invisible and misunderstood. The Teaching Equitable Asian American Community History (TEAACH) Act, signed into law in July 2021, made Illinois the first state to require all public schools to make Asian American history part of the curriculum. New Jersey soon followed; other states are poised to do the same.
Strategizing Education, Present and Future
TAAF played a major role in advancing the TEAACH campaign and mobilizing voters. After the act was passed, TAAF partnered with Asian Americans Advancing Justice | Chicago, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign College of Education, the Illinois State Board of Education, Asian American Caucus Education Fund, and funders The Woods Fund of Chicago, The Lloyd A. Fry Foundation, and AAPIP-Chicago to form the TEAACH Implementation Collaborative, which supports strategic plans to implement the act.
In the 2022-2023 school year, the TEAACH Collaborative’s reach and impact included:
1,725 K-12 teachers trained
1,478 by AAAJ | Chicago
227 by UIUC College of Education
20 by Asian American Caucus - Education Fund
30,015 students taught
750 administrators and other educators trained about TEAACH and the updated social science standards
2,475 total educators trained
113 professional development and public workshops offered