App Deadline: Nov 1, 2024
A full four-year scholarship to attend International Christian University in Tokyo, Japan for an American student.
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Local Letters for Global Change: A Pulitzer Center Writing Contest
Deadline: Nov 15, 2024
K-12 students are challenged to write letters to their elected representatives proposing solutions to global problems that matter to them.
Pulitzer Center 2024 Fall Teacher Fellowship
Program Dates: Oct-Dec 2024
App Deadline: Sept 8, 2024
Paid virtual fellowships for grade 4-12 teachers to explore ways to engage with underreported global news stories on health in the classroom.
Tanaka & Green Scholarship
Program Dates: SY2024-25
Application Deadline: July 31, 2024
Awards of up to $5,000 for short-term academic study (one semester or one school year) at a university in Japan. Preference to students from the DMV.
Global Teaching Dialogue 2024
Program Dates: July 23-24, 2024
This free virtual professional learning experience for K-12 teachers, sponsored by the US State Dept, will share lessons from global ed leaders and alumni of its Teacher Exchange Programs.
Howard University African Studies Summer Leadership Institute
Program Dates: Jun 24-Aug 2, 2024
Intensive academic and experiential learning program on African affairs, history, and policy for local high school students.
Howard University African Studies Summer Institute for Educators
Program Dates: July 23-26, 2024, 9:30-3:00 pm
Location: Howard University (hybrid)
Four-day hybrid institute for teachers 6-12 focused on the early history of Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Egypt.
GU Summer Teacher Institute 2024: Teaching the History of Palestine and Israel in the K-12 Curriculum
Program Dates: July 29-August 2, 2024
A free (hybrid) 3-day workshop for teachers at Georgetown University on the deep historical context of the current Palestine-Israel conflict.
Pulitzer Center: Fighting Words Poetry Contest
Submission Deadline: May 12, 2024
Current K-12 students anywhere in the world are invited to use news stories on global issues to inspire poems of personal import.
Virtual NSLI-Y
Program Dates: Sept-Nov 2024
App Deadline: June 10, 2024
Free online courses introducing critical languages (Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Korean, Russian, Turkish) to US high school students.