Toronto School District Cancels Plans for Confucius Institute By AUSTIN RAMZY  OCTOBER 30, 2014 2:50 AMOctober 30, 2014 2:50 am 12 Comments Photo In early 2011, Hu Jintao, left, who was president of China at the time, visited a Confucius Institute at Walter Payton College Preparatory High School in Chicago. The program has entered partnerships with hundreds…

The amazing Jamila Nightingale at Parents of African American Students Studying Chinese, is holding a forum for school administrator on Nov. 13 on how to recruit and retain African-American students in Chinese immersion schools. Make sure your school’s administrators (if they’re anywhere in the Bay area) get there. Before the forum, Jamila is having a conference…

Mark Zuckerberg Speaking Chinese: Brave, Foolish, or Both? 你什么意思？What are you trying to say? JAMES FALLOWSNOV 1 2014, 1:36 PM ET Portraits of Mark Zuckerberg by Chinese artist Zhu Jia, at gallery in Singapore last year (Reuters) About ten days ago Facebook’s founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg posted a video of himself giving a speech…

Answer Sheet Why is bilingual education ‘good’ for rich kids but ‘bad’ for poor, immigrant students? If you follow the public debate about bilingual education, you know that there are two basic opposing views. As Claire Bowern, the author of the following post, writes, To put it bluntly, bilingualism is often seen as “good” when…

An American School Immerses Itself in All Things Chinese By JANE A. PETERSONOCT. 26, 2014 Photo Students drawing examples of Mandarin words for geographical terms is a social studies class at Yinghua Academy.CreditJane Peterson  MINNEAPOLIS — On weekday mornings, a stream of orange buses and private cars from 75 Minnesota postal codes wrap around Yinghua Academy,…

With that many Chinese students, you’d think they’d add immersion for the English speakers.   New downtown L.A. boarding school aims to enhance culture, education Anzhelika Tamaryan, Petra Snajberkova and Didun Ayodeji, from left, leave American University Preparatory School for P.E. Their dorms and classrooms are at the L.A. Hotel Downtown, in the background. (Mel…

A look inside one of the coolest schools on the drawing board for Houston Oct 22, 2014, 6:00am CDT View Photos The new Chinese Mandarin Language Immersion Magnet School will feature an open concept, LED lighting and ample natural light. Jenny Agee-Aldridge Reporter- Houston Business Journal Email  |  Twitter Gone are the days of boxy classrooms flooded with…