Beyond the 3 Rs: Building international bridges

From: The Pioneer Press February 8, 2025

Schools place priority on making global connections

Editor’s Note: This continues a series about the reinvention of local public schools in the 21st century. The stories focus on how technology, globalism and government intervention have changed School District 112 and Minnetonka School District.

By Forrest Adams

A team of student teachers from Chile is teaching in Minnetonka schools this spring.

A total of 18 students from abroad are spending their school year in the Minnetonka School District, and last week, a group of students from the Netherlands and China spent time in Minnetonka on a short-term exchange.

In December, students and staff from District 112 traveled to China to forge ties with educators and students there.

Living in an age of global markets and social networking, the increased interaction between educators and students in countries separated by thousands of miles is increasing. Technology, now widely available, coupled with the ease of travel, has enhanced what used to be an occasional pen-pal letter with a “friend” overseas.

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