Gangwon Office Of Education To Send Policy Training Delegation To Three U.S. Cities To Design Future Education

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The Gangwon Special Self-Governing Provincial Office of Education announced on February 11 that it will organize a policy-themed training delegation, which will visit three U.S. cities for seven nights and nine days from the 19th to the 27th to design the future of education in Gangwon.

Exterior view of Gangwon Provincial Office of Education.

The policy delegation, consisting of 12 members including the superintendent of education, will visit universities, schools, offices of education, and boards of education that are leading innovative education in the United States, and will hold policy consultations with local officials and education experts.

On the 20th (local time), the policy delegation will visit two institutions under the New Jersey Department of Education, the Fort Lee Board of Education and the Paramus Board of Education, to discuss U.S. education policy, particularly the operation of the school system and school districts. They will also visit Bergen Academy, which ranks first among charter schools in New Jersey, to discuss ways to innovate public education based on autonomy.

On the 21st (local time), they will promote the main policies and outstanding achievements of education in Gangwon through an interview with the KBN media outlet in the Americas, and will attend the inauguration ceremony of the president of the Federation of Korean Associations in the Northeastern United States, held at the DoubleTree Hotel in New Jersey, where they will deliver a sponsorship donation in the name of the “Policy-Themed Training Delegation” to support the development of the next generation of Korean leaders.

In addition, through a meeting with Chong Paul Kim, Mayor of the Town of Teaneck in New Jersey, they will exchange views on an education system in which the local community and schools coexist in a mutually beneficial way. They will also visit the Consulate General in San Francisco and the Korean Cultural Center to discuss plans for joint projects aimed at promoting ongoing educational and cultural exchanges with Gangwon Province.

Min Eunyoung, a member of the Fort Lee Board of Education who is coordinating this visit to the United States, previously promoted a policy training program with the provincial office of education in 2024. In July 2025, she will visit Korea to hold a policy meeting with Superintendent of Education Shin Kyungho and will observe, for two nights and three days, a teacher competency enhancement training program organized by the provincial office of education, continuing the ongoing exchange.

Board of Education member Min Eunyoung said, “I hope that active educational exchanges will continue in the future,” and added, “In order to correct errors related to Korean history contained in world history textbooks currently used in the United States, we will review the relevant content and request the cooperation of the Gangwon Special Self-Governing Provincial Office of Education so that education on Korea-related history can be provided based on accurate facts.”

An official from the Gangwon Special Self-Governing Provincial Office of Education said, “We plan to use the data and outcomes collected through this policy-themed training delegation to elaborate policies and promote them as key projects of the office of education in 2026,” and added, “We expect that education policies that reflect the unique characteristics of Gangwon will become leading best practices in future-oriented education.”

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