Education for Global Citizenship Schools (EGC)

EGC is the result of the two year’s research and development of the educational experts from both China and the United States. The EGC schools have combined the best of both Eastern and Western pedagogy in a learning environment that immerses students in both languages and cultures. In the Western classroom, students will be immersed in the English language and a child-centered learning environment. In the Eastern classroom, students will be immersed in the Mandarin Chinese language and a knowledge-centered, teacher-directed learning environment. This blending allows children to move between different cultures, languages, and educational philosophies as part of their school day.

One of the goals of the EGC Schools curriculum is to extend the skills that children learned from kindergarten to the elementary level, and use Chinese as a second language in content area learning. The graduates from the EGC Schools will not only achieve high proficiency, but also a good understanding of both Chinese and American culture. The first EGC schools were established in 2005 and there will be 3 schools open in Michigan the fall of 2006.

Lansing has full enrollment for the preschool for next year, meaning they have 32 students already signed up with a waiting list of at least 3 additional students. 15 are boys, 17 are girls. Racially 34% are black, 48% are white, 3% are Asian, and 4% Hispanic.

East Lansing is still enrolling students, they have currently signed up 4 students which was their minimum number to start.

Bay City is still enrolling students.