Article: SCHOOLS CHIEF O'CONNELL SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH ITALY ESTABLISHING PARTNERSHIP TO IMPROVE TEACHING OF ITALIAN

The California State Board of Education issued the following news release:

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell and Roberto Falaschi, the Consul General of Italy, today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to establish a partnership designed to improve and expand the teaching of Italian in California schools.

"To succeed in the increasingly competitive global economy, students in our schools today need to learn to interact with people from cultures different from their own," O'Connell said. "Learning another language is a mind-opening experience. It opens a window into another culture. Cooperative agreements for international education and teacher exchanges are ...

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