编者按 今年恰逢红军长征胜利八十周年。八十年前长征的胜利象征着中国历史上新的征程，新的起点。八十年之后的中国，正如我们的习主席在近期指出， 也站在一个“同世界深度互动、向世界深度开放的新起点。”如此中国，需要站在更高起点的教育，一个可以坚定不移地保持对自身文化的自信与传承，同时可以睿智地向世界文化寻求智慧和营养的教育。 青苗的理想就是做这样一个面向新机遇，新挑战的教育先行者。今天的人民日报以《青苗教育集团-博采中西之长，办好国际教育（在一线）》为题，回顾了青苗教育集团的发展之路，报道了我校致力于“做最好的国际化中国学校”，在提供个性化，专业化和中国化的国际教育方面所进行的些许尝试。与祖国并肩站在新的起点上，我们将一如既往地扎根中华大地，努力办出具有中国特色、世界水平的现代教育，造福更多的学子与家庭。心有所信，心怀感恩，我们要坚定前行，走好我们的青苗长征路！ 青苗教育集团 - 博采中西之长办好国际教育（在一线）本报记者张烁《人民日报》（ 2016年10月20日18 版）“听你说话，完全是本地人！”2014年开学季，美国加利福尼亚州某中学，当得知眼前的黄皮肤男孩刚从中国来，一个美国男孩很是吃惊。原来，这个一口熟练英语的中国男孩，就是毕业于青苗国际双语学校的尧尧。青苗教育集团始创于1998年，目前已经拥有20所校区、覆盖从幼儿园到初高中。“我们致力于培养兼具国际视野和中国情怀的学生。”青苗国际双语学校创始人兼总校长施华说。拓展国际视野走进北京青苗国际双语学校阳光上东校区，走廊里回响着大声的英语打招呼声。除了中国孩子，还有不少各种肤色的外国孩子，“孩子们，今天我们探讨的问题是，我是谁、能做什么。”二年级的教室里，“个人、社会和健康教育”课正在进行，一头金发的克里斯滕·贝克尔是授课老师，她来自加拿大安大略省，曾经去过20多个国家。教室里，8张桌子一组，摆放成3组。孩子们围坐在桌子周围，扭头看向黑板。“我叫爱德华，喜欢踢足球，想加入校足球队。”一个男孩举手站起来，笑眯眯地用英语回答。 “我是谁”便是今年探究单元的第一个主题，学校要求，在语文、科学、体育等课程中，都融入这一话题。让孩子们通过对自我本质的探究，了解人际关系、权利与责任，以及作为人的意义何在。“我们致力于拓宽学生的国际视野。”施华介绍，为了让青苗毕业生顺利申请国外高中和大学，青苗选择了IB国际文凭课程，“目前，青苗部分校区已经通过了国际文凭大学预科、小学和中学的项目认证”。 据了解，在2014年，青苗还获得美国西部院校联盟的认证。“一个孩子只要拿到青苗的高中文凭，就相当于具有了美国高中的文凭效力。”施华说。 立足中国情怀一进学校前厅，迎面便是一组中国传统家具。在这所“洋气十足”的国际学校，中国元素却无处不在。“这节课，我学会了画葡萄的技法！”摆放着屏风、中国结和虎头鞋的艺术教室里，六年级学生涵涵告诉记者。“在中国，国际教育如果丢了中国传统教育，那只是西方教育的简单抄袭而已。”施华说，“在我看来，真正的国际教育不是摒弃中国文化的教育，而应该在中西两种教育中扬长避短，给孩子们提供最适合的教育”。 水墨写生、书法养成、词赋鉴赏、戏曲熏陶……一系列中国传统文化课程开展得有声有色。“将来我即使要出国，仍然觉得最美的语言是汉语，最美的文化是中国文化。”五年级学生沁沁说，她最喜欢美丽的中国剪纸。“做具有国际化特点的中国学校”，是施华一直以来的梦想，也成了青苗秉持的传统。 站到世界舞台一到美国就被当成“本地人”的尧尧，现在已经成了公认的“学霸”——全年级687名学生中，他一直保持年级第一名的成绩。“在青苗接受的教育，让我既适应国内生活，又能迅速融入西方世界。”尧尧一脸阳光地说。“天空是什么颜色的？”一节主题为“环境污染”的课上，老师不提污染，却抛出这个问题。“蓝色的！”“灰色的！”孩子们纷纷抢答。答案为什么会不同呢？孩子们被要求查阅资料。“我翻了好多书，不但知道致污原因，还知道了人类要在满足需求和保护自然之间作出平衡。”四年级学生伊伊很满足于自己的发现。 “教学中，我们强调探究式学习，将研究、探索、分析和解决问题的过程交给孩子自行完成。”青苗集团英文总校长克雷格·博伊斯介绍。精心培养收获了丰硕果实，就在不久前，青苗顺义校区展出一场别开生面的“校服展”，有的孩子从艺术角度，发掘流行元素；有的孩子从实用角度，让衣服一衣多穿；还有的孩子从经济角度，考虑市场推广方向……回顾往昔，从一所只有6个孩子的幼儿园，到如今延伸至南京、昆明、成都、西安、海口等地，为来自世界各地的上万名学生提供双语教育，青苗走出了一条坚实的道路。 Editor's NoteBelow is the English summary of an Chinese article on BIBS， which is entitled “BIBS-Intergrating Chinese and Western Cultures and Striving to Deliver the Best Bilingual International Education.” It was pulbished on People’s Daily， the state media of China， on October 20， 2016.BIBS-Intergrating Chinese and Western Cultures andStriving to Deliver the Best Bilingual International EducationBy Zhang Shuo， People’s Daily reporter “Hi， how come you have just returned to school? We started our term one month ago!”“Well， I have just arrived from China. My arrival has been delayed because of a visa issue.”“Wait a minute， you are not originally from the U.S.? But， boy oh boy， you speak like a native!”The above conversation took place in a high school in California in 2014 when an American fellow student was trying to greet Yaoyao， a new international student from China and an alumnus of Beanstalk International Bilingual School(BIBS) in Beijing. The fully-fledged Beanstalk International Bilingual School (BIBS)， which Yaoyao attended since his kindergarten years， is an international school which provides bilingual K-12 international education to the Chinese and expatriate communities in China.Ms. Kathy Shi， Founder of the Beanstalk Education Group， pledges that “Beanstalk strives to provide an engaging and balanced international curriculum in supportive and stimulating environments to encourage our students to develop as bilingual， multi-cultural and globally-minded citizens with strong Chinese roots.” Fostering A Global VisionA visit to the BIBS Upper East Side(UES) will see Chinese and foreign students enjoying their school day.“Dear all， we are going to brainstorm and talk about who we are and what we are capable of doing.” Ms.Krysten Becker， a teacher from Ontario， Canada， was hosting a class session on “individual， society and health education.” Seats have been arranged in three groups with eight tables in each group in the grade-two classroom. One student raised his hand and stood up to introduce himself in English. “My name is Edward. I am a boy. I love playing football and I plan to join our school football team.” “Who we are”is an inquiry into the nature of human beings， the very first inquiry topic for this year. The school has incorporated this topic into the subjects of all disciplines including Chinese language， math， PE， science and individual and social studies. This way， student would be able to have an in-depth exploration of the nature，beliefs and values of human beings and understanding of human relationships， rights and responsibilities.Innovative courses like these are part of the International Baccalaureate(IB) curriculum BIBS adopts to provide students with a higher standing point for an education of international standards and a much smooth transition to future international studies. Currently BIBS Upper East Campus (K-6) offers certified IB Primary Years Programme(PYP). Its Shunyi Campus offers certified IB Middle Years and Diploma Programmes. Additionally， BIBS is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) which allows its students to graduate with the equivalent of a United States high school diploma. Celebrating Our Chinese RootsAs an international school， BIBS classrooms and campuses teem with embodiments of the Chinese heritage-Chinese traditional furniture， paintings and decorations. In a classroom which features exquisite Chinese traditional screen， beautiful hand-made Chinese knots， adorable clay figurines from Wuxi， and tiger head shoes， Hanhan， a sixth-grader at BIBS， felt so proud that she had learned to paint grapes with a Chinese brush pen. All other students were equally proud and excited to see the lovely grapes they drew the Chinese way.Ms. Kathy Shi， BIBS founder，believes that a true international education would be able to combine and intergrate seamlessly the essence of Chinese and international cultures and be delivered to BIBS’students in a customized way. This is why BIBS provides its students access to a variety of elective courses on Chinese heritages. Chinese ink painting and caligraph， appreciation of Chinese traditional poems and local operas， you name it! Qinqin， a fifth-grader at BIBS and a huge fan of Chinese traditional paper-cutting，said，“No matter where I would study in the future， Chinese language and culture would remain the most beautiful things in this world to me.” Ms. Kathy Shi’s idea of building a Chinese school which provides a well-balanced bilingual international education that beautifully fuses the essence of Chinese and international cultures has taken its shape at Beanstalk. Standing on the Global StageYaoyao， who was mistaken by American classmate as a native-speaker， has achieved extraordinary academic excellency at his high school. He believes that it was his BIBS education which has prepared him to be highly adaptive in adjusting to different environments and cultures.Yiyi， a fourth-grader at BIBS， enjoys at school academic exploration and his efforts in finding his own answers after independent thinking and research. “What is the color of the sky?” Different students have different answers. “It is blue!” “No， it is gray!” But why so many varied answers? Students are therefore asked to conduct secondary researches to find out their own answers. Yiyi said:“I’ve read many books on this topic. Now I understand the reason behind a polluted sky and the importance of maintaining a balance between developing our needs and preserving the nature.” Craig Boyce， BIBS’Head Foreign Principal，explained that“we seek to empower our studetns at BIBS with inquiry-based learning which successfully engages our students in independent learning by intergrating research， analysis， and problem-solving skills.Over its 23 years of history， the Beanstalk Education Group has grown from a small kindergarten of six students to a fully-fledged K-12 education group providing a uniquely balanced bilingual international education to over 10，000 students in campuses in Beijing， Chengdu， Kunming， Nanjing， Xi’an and Hainan. Step by step， Beanstalk has been walking steadily towards the success it desires and a stage of its own!