ALT Project: 2020
Tyler was one of two U.S. cities to win the 2019 U.S.-Japan City-Pair Pilot Competition: Innovations to Enhance Student Mobility. As a result, the U.S.-Japan Conference on Cultural and Educational Interchange (CULCON), a binational advisory panel that serves to elevate and strengthen the vital cultural and educational foundations of the U.S.-Japan relationship, and to strengthen connections between U.S. and Japan leadership in those fields, provided funding aimed at strengthening the Tyler-Yachiyo ALT Program, creating potential educational exchange opportunities for teachers and students in both Tyler and Yachiyo, and facilitating collaborative activities between Tyler and the Yachiyo Board of Education. Tyler Sister Cities ALT Director, Dr. Teresa Kennedy, led the project.