Buffalo public school designated Confucius Classroom School

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A Buffalo public school has been designated a Confucius Classroom School, meaning it will get funding, books and other support from China for its Chinese language programming.

According to the Beijing headquarters for the Confucius Institutes, known as Hanban, there are 500 Confucius Institutes and 1,000 Confucius Classrooms around the world.