Report on the Friendship Through Education

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Summary of Results

• 1,456 US Teachers Trained on how to integrate international collaboration in their classrooms
• 1,703 Teachers trained in countries with significant Muslim populations
• over 86,000 students engaged in online interaction
• Over 200 US educators and students physically visited Muslim countries
• Over 350 educators and students physically met US teachers--both at international events and through exchange visits to the US
• Curriculum materials developed to internationalize US classrooms
• Collaborative publications have been published with contributions from US schools, as well as those with significant Muslim populations.
• Schools in the US have started to assist student Arabic language skills
• Significant media attention in the US and Abroad has been effective in prommoting the FTE program
• US students have been able to mobilize their communities to provide humanitarian relief to Afghan schools and Iran earthquake victims