{"id":34980,"date":"2014-05-13T09:29:42","date_gmt":"2014-05-13T13:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=34980"},"modified":"2014-05-13T09:34:28","modified_gmt":"2014-05-13T13:34:28","slug":"jets-in-the-news-matt-cook-featured-in-hometown-paper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2014\/05\/13\/jets-in-the-news-matt-cook-featured-in-hometown-paper\/","title":{"rendered":"JETs in the News:  Matt Cook featured in hometown paper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>**************<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Very nice article on JET alum and former AJET Chair\u00a0<b><a href=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?s=cook\">Matthew Cook<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.osaka-info.jp\/en\/\">Osaka-fu<\/a>, 2007-12)<\/b><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>that recently appeared in the newspaper of Matt&#8217;s hometown, Danville, Virginia and describes his path from the JET Program to becoming a key player in Osaka&#8217;s pioneering English education reform efforts.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/m.godanriver.com\/news\/danville\/danville-man-appointed-to-japanese-board-of-education\/article_1b9620f2-d972-11e3-8adc-0017a43b2370.html?mode=jqm#.U3A0DN98uYw.facebook\">Danville man appointed to Japanese board of education<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>By DENICE THIBODEAU<br \/>\ndthibodeau@registerbee.com<br \/>\nThibodeau reports for the Danville Register &amp; Bee.<br \/>\nMay 10, 2014<\/p>\n<p>When Danville native <strong>Matthew Cook<\/strong> headed to Osaka, Japan, in 2007 to take a job as an education specialist and trainer in the <strong>Japan Exchange and Teaching Program<\/strong>, little did he realize he would end up working for a Japanese government agency to completely reform how English is taught in the city.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>CLICK HERE to read the rest of the article: \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/m.godanriver.com\/news\/danville\/danville-man-appointed-to-japanese-board-of-education\/article_1b9620f2-d972-11e3-8adc-0017a43b2370.html?mode=jqm#.U3A0DN98uYw.facebook\">http:\/\/m.godanriver.com\/news\/danville\/danville-man-appointed-to-japanese-board-of-education\/article_1b9620f2-d972-11e3-8adc-0017a43b2370.html?mode=jqm#.U3A0DN98uYw.facebook<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>************** Very nice article on JET alum and former AJET Chair\u00a0Matthew Cook (Osaka-fu, 2007-12)\u00a0that recently appeared in the newspaper of Matt&#8217;s hometown, Danville, Virginia and describes his path from the JET Program to becoming a key player in Osaka&#8217;s pioneering English education reform efforts. 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