Tonight: Board set to vote on Mandarin charter school by Barbara Wood / Almanac It has been almost two months since a petition to start a Mandarin immersion charter school in the Menlo Park City School District was presented. On Wednesday, Nov. 12, the school board will make a decision on whether to authorize the school.…

While I can’t vouch for the other issues in the report, saying that it would be too Asian because New York’s immersion programs are too Asian is simply wrong. Most Mandarin immersion programs are predominantly white, not Asian. The issue is more getting Hispanic and African-American students to sign up. New York City’s MI programs are mostly newly-converted from what…

Redwood City district approves Mandarin immersion program Open house for interested parents Tuesday by Barbara Wood / Almanac As the Menlo Park City School District struggles with a Mandarin immersion charter school proposal by district parents, the Redwood City School District has approved its own Mandarin immersion program, set to start next fall. Redwood City district…

Feds award $375,000 grant to proposed Mandarin immersion charter in Menlo Park By Rhea Mahbubani Daily News Staff Writer POSTED:   11/07/2014 08:20:10 PM PST0 COMMENTS UPDATED:   11/08/2014 12:57:07 AM PST The proposed Menlo Mandarin Immersion Charter School has been awarded a $375,000 federal grant for startup costs. But for the money to be…

  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…