Teach for China

Teach For China is inspired by the vision that one day, all Chinese children will have access to a quality education. Teach For China takes a unique approach to eliminating educational inequity by enlisting the US and China’s most promising future leaders in the effort.

Teach For China, established in 2008, is enlisting the most promising young leaders from China and the United States to ensure that one day, every child enjoys access to a quality education. We recruit outstanding Chinese and American college graduates and train them to serve as full-time teachers (“Fellows”) in under-resourced Chinese schools. Fellows spend two years working relentlessly in their classrooms to equip students with academic and life skills. They leave their Fellowship not only with invaluable professional and leadership experience but with a deep understanding of and commitment to solving China’s educational challenges. As alumni, they will form a force for change working to create an education system that equips all of China’s children for success. Since our founding seven years ago, more than 600 Teach For China Fellows have served in 128 high-need schools across China’s Yunnan and Guangdong provinces and impacted more than 99,000 students.