K12 Education breaks ties with the Confucius Institute

In letters signed by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Secretary DeVos, American K-12 schools and institutions of higher education are encouraged to rethink their ties with the Confucius Institute, a program that provides language classes but invites a “malign influence” from China.

Secretary DeVos announced more than $131 million in new grant funding to create and expand hundreds of high-quality public charter schools across the country, providing relief to the millions of families currently on long waiting lists to attend a charter school.