Teach for China

Press

As Teach For China has grown it has attracted increasing recognition in the media, and we are eager to work with the media to raise awareness about China’s education inequity crisis and about our work to end it. If you are a member of the press and you would like to interview our Fellows or staff or write a story about Teach For China, please contact our media relations team at media@tfchina.org

The following stories about Teach For China have appeared in a variety of news outlets: 

People.cn | Teach For China: Pioneering Education Equality 

Feature story on Teach For China on the People's Daily website, one of China's largest online news platforms, including interviews with Zhang Qiang (Fellow '10, Tsinghua University), Fan Chaoqun (Fellow '11, Huadong Normal University), Cai Qiongqiong (Fellow '11, China Youth Politics University), Yu Liying (Fellow '11, Zhejiang University) and Teach For China Government Relations Manager Gong Chaoyi. 

Beijing Evening News |  Helping Rural Children Escape Poverty(July 7, 2012)

Feature story on Teach For China CEO Andrea Pasinetti, Executive Director of Guangdong Region Wang Jingjian (Fellow ’09, Sun Yat-sen University), as well as Fellows Hao Linshuo (Fellow ’10, University of Rochester), He Liu (Fellow ’10, Beijing Normal University), and Zhang Qiang (Fellow ’10, Tsinghua University) (Chinese).  

Beijing Evening News | A Girl from Beijing Brings Wisdom to the Countryside (July 7, 2012)

Feature story on Li Site (Fellow ’10, Peking University) (Chinese).

Phoenix Television Current Events | Education Initiative (June 23, 2012)

This television feature chronicles Phoenix Television reporter Ada Lau’s visit to a Teach For China’s placement school and interviews with Chinese and American Fellows. Phoenix Television is among the most-watched Chinese-language television networks with an audience of over 300 million worldwide, and is the highest-rated network among highly-educated Chinese audiences (Chinese with some English interviews).   

Several two-minute interviews of Teach For China Fellows, staff, and local partners also aired on Phoenix Television:

China Daily | Nonprofit Founder Aims to Narrow Education Gap for Chinese Students[EK4] (May 11, 2012)

Feature on Teach For China Co-Founder and CEO Andrea Pasinetti (Chinese).

Yunnan Information Report | Where are the Volunteer Teachers? (May 8, 2012)

Story on volunteer teaching in Yunnan, including a feature on Mei Ying (Fellow ’10, Shantou University) (Chinese).

China News Online | Teach For China: Closing the Education Gap (April 27, 2012)

Feature story on Teach For China, featuring Fellows Mei Ying (Fellow ’10, Shantou University) and Yang Xiao (Fellow ’10, Tsinghua University) (Chinese).

China Newsweek Magazine | National People’s Congress Special Report: The Education Gap (March 12, 2012)

A feature on Teach For China ran as part of a special edition of China Newsweek Magazine focused on education inequality, including interviews with Fan Chaoqun (Fellow ’11, Huadong Normal University) and Xiao Xuan (Fellow ’10, Fudan University) (Chinese).

China Newsweek Magazine | Improving Rural Education (February 20, 2012)

Feature Story on Li Site (Fellow ’10, Peking University) (Chinese).

China Newsweek Magazine | Most Influential People 2011 (December 26, 2011)

Teach For China Co-Founder and CEO Andrea Pasinetti was recognized in a special year-end edition of the magazine as the most influential foreigner working in China in 2011 (Chinese).

Xinhua News | Search for another Sky: China's Non-profit Educational Organizations(December 16, 2011)

Teach For China featured among several successful education nonprofits working in China.

Yunnan Daily Evening Edition | Hao Linshuo: Giving Rural Children More Life Opportunities (December 12, 2011)

Feature on Hao Linshuo (Fellow ’10, Rochester University) (Chinese).

People’s Daily | Bringing Nonprofit Work back from Overseas (November 24, 2011)

Feature on Teach For All China Country Relations Managing Director Laura Bai (Chinese).   

Caixin Media | Thoughts from the Editor-in-Chief (November 8, 2011)

Press Kit

A Concise introduction to Teach For China’s Program is available in this brochure.

Annual Report

2011-2012 Annual Report

2010-2011 Annual Report

Video

Teach For China Introductory Video