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		<title>Oakland, CA. &#8211; New Mandarin-Immersion School Attracts Families from Albany and Beyond</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:22:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Mandarin-Immersion School Attracts Families from Albany and Beyond At Yu Ming, 90 percent of the instruction is taught in Mandarin. A number of studies have shown that immersion is an effective model for language acquisition with benefits that extend beyond bilingualism, including improvements in subjects such as math an [Editor's Note: Sarah Yang is an [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=miparentscouncil.org&amp;blog=6336115&amp;post=3199&amp;subd=miparentscouncil&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Magnet schools, including language immersion, popular in Winston Salem</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Magnet schools attract curiosity Credit: LAUREN CARROLL/JOURNAL James White, 10, explored the Lego engineering display set up by Brunson Elementary School at the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County school system&#8217;s magnet school fair Saturday. By: TRAVIS FAIN &#124; Winston-Salem Journal Published: January 08, 2012 » 0 Comments &#124; Post a Comment Hundreds of parents and students came to the Benton Convention Center on Saturday to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=miparentscouncil.org&amp;blog=6336115&amp;post=3196&amp;subd=miparentscouncil&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>NJ rejects Mandarin</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:57:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Edward M. O’Mara, Village Grande Civic Association To the editor: Recently, Acting Commissioner Christopher Cerf denied the applications to two boutique Mandarin immersion schools . . . Hanyu International Academy (HIACS) and Hua Mei School. We are happy for the taxpayers in Livingston, Millburn, Maplewood, and West, South and East Orange. They have been spared [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=miparentscouncil.org&amp;blog=6336115&amp;post=3193&amp;subd=miparentscouncil&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Brooklyn School to open Mandarin &amp; French immersion next year</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some Schools Buck Trend Of High Costs By SOPHIA HOLLANDER Enlarge Image Bryan Derballa for The Wall Street JournalWilliamsburg Northside kept tuition low—at $21,850—for its elementary school, which it opened in 2009. The private school also has an infant and toddler center and a preschool. In an age of private school educations that cost up to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=miparentscouncil.org&amp;blog=6336115&amp;post=3191&amp;subd=miparentscouncil&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Many families &#8220;don&#8217;t get&#8221; value of language immersion</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:53:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Sensitive Subject of Educational Reform Posted: 1/16/12 04:18 PM ET  From the Huffington Post I am a SWISS Trilingual School parent. I am also the director of this small, unfortunately private, full-immersion school in Atlanta, Ga. Currently we are a K-3rd elementary school, and projected to the 12th grade. Most importantly, I am &#8220;G&#8217;s&#8221; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=miparentscouncil.org&amp;blog=6336115&amp;post=3189&amp;subd=miparentscouncil&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>More parents see value in Mandarin language instruction</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:51:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Purchase this photo Paul Iwanaga Foreign language immersion program from Language Stars features William Li from Bejing in a play-based program at the Elmhurst Public Library, Jan. 12, 2012. Li gets &#8220;five&#8221; from an audience member. Staff photo by Paul Iwanaga &#124; snapshots.mysuburbanlife.com/1394381 Posted Jan 20, 2012 @ 02:28 PM Elmhurst, IL — It offers [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=miparentscouncil.org&amp;blog=6336115&amp;post=3187&amp;subd=miparentscouncil&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>District 27 Senate Applauds DOE’s Decision To Reject Hua Mei Charter School</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:49:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[District 27 Senate Applauds DOE’s Decision To Reject Hua Mei Charter School BY Georgette Gilmore  &#124;  SATURDAY, JAN 21, 2012 12:49PM  &#124;  COMMENTS (0)  This release was just sent from the District 27 Senate, which includes Senator Richard J. Codey, Assemblywoman Mila M. Jasey and Assemblyman John F. McKeon, who attended the rally against Hua Mei, the proposed Mandarin Immersion charter on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=miparentscouncil.org&amp;blog=6336115&amp;post=3185&amp;subd=miparentscouncil&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>VIDEO: Chinese immersion programs could be among federal cuts for Beaufort County schools</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:41:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  By RACHEL HEATON rheaton@beaufortgazette.com 843-706-8177 Published Monday, January 23, 2012 Follow &#8216;Homeroom&#8217; on Twitter Documents  1st / 2nd Grade BREIBE  Letter to Lindsey Graham and Jim Demint When a visitor enters one classroom at Hilton Head Island Elementary School, 26 first-graders turn toward the door and shout their welcome.&#8221;Ni Hao!&#8221; That&#8217;s &#8220;hello&#8221; in Mandarin. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=miparentscouncil.org&amp;blog=6336115&amp;post=3182&amp;subd=miparentscouncil&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>More parents demand immersion programs to help children thrive in a global society</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Learning in multiple languages More parents demand immersion programs to help children thrive in a global society<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=miparentscouncil.org&amp;blog=6336115&amp;post=3180&amp;subd=miparentscouncil&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Venice, Calif. MI students celebrate the Spring Festival</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Broadway Elementary in Venice Celebrates Chinese New Year Students in the Mandarin Immersion Program at Broadway Elementary in Venice celebrate the Year of the Dragon. (A tip o&#8217; the pen to Patch, AOL&#8217;s local news organization. They&#8217;re doing some of the best local coverage of immersion programs nationwide. If there is a Patch blog in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=miparentscouncil.org&amp;blog=6336115&amp;post=3176&amp;subd=miparentscouncil&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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