Our Mission & Approach

How are we helping to solve educational inequity?

Teach for China is working to address educational inequality in China by enlisting the most promising future leaders in the effort.  Teach For China recruits, trains, and supports top graduates from China and the United States to work side-by-side as full-time teachers in China’s most under-resourced schools. Beyond their two-year teaching commitments, Teach For China supports alumni to become leaders in the broader movement to address educational inequality. As the first and only organization to partner outstanding recent college graduates from the United States and China in a long-term service initiative, Teach For China’s approach provides an innovative model for strengthening Sino-US relations and building bilateral solutions to global problems.

Teach for China serves as a bridge between underserved students in need of great teachers and young leaders in search of fulfilling opportunities to make a difference and build their leadership skills for the future.

Teach for China approaches the problem of educational inequity in China on three fronts. At Teach For China, we:

Provide determined and talented teachers to schools in need.

Academic achievement begins with teachers who are determined to ensure that all students succeed. By recruiting and training committed educators for placement at high-need Chinese schools, Teach for China provides a critical source of quality teachers in understaffed districts.

Develop a deep understanding of the causes of educational inequity.

Every day, Fellows work within local communities to address educational challenges in their classrooms. This first-hand experience fosters a deep understanding of the causes of educational inequity in China and instills the conviction that educational inequity is a problem that can be solved.

Create long-term systemic change.

Teach for China believes that educational equity for all children can only be achieved through a movement of leaders across sectors. From industries as varied as business, academia, government, and the social sector – in both China and the US – Teach For China alumni are prepared to work long after their Fellowships to improve educational access for students.