The Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations has issued a report which says in part that "In the last 15 years, the Chinese government has opened more than 100 Confucius Institutes at U.S. universities and, through those, more than 500 Confucius Classrooms teaching students in kindergarten through 12th grade." It further goes on to make an unusual recommendation - do away with all of them, or get reciprocity from China. Now, they are unlikely to get reciprocity because China would never allow the U.S. to open facilities to teach English and espouse the merits of the US political system.
This is the first recommendation by a government agency to look more closely at these "education centers" and get them under control. Some schools that had them did away with them, but many have not. They get paid to have them in their midst. Does any College board think this is a good idea? Come on guys....
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