Author: Elizabeth Weise

Mandarin programs growing: Redwood City Elementary School District latest to add immersion course offerings November 24, 2014, 05:00 AM By Angela Swartz Daily Journal Community demand, along with the fact that more than a billion people in the world speak Chinese, has been the impetus for more language programs in its predominant dialect Mandarin in Peninsula schools.…

Year two of Mandarin Chinese Immersion Program begins in Naselle By NICK NIKKILA Observer correspondent Published:November 4, 2014 4:46PM Chen Sha Naselle school welcomes new Chinese teachers NASELLE — A Mandarin Chinese immersion program successfully launched at Naselle-Grays River School District for kindergarten and first grade students last year is expanding to include second grade.…

Marco Polo Academy scrapped – but what does this mean for school places in Barnet? The project for the new bilingual Chinese and Englishs school was heavily supported – but the DfE said it was not ‘inclusive enough’ The project for the new bilingual Chinese and Englishs school was heavily supported – but the DfE…

HISD okays Arabic immersion schools By Ericka Mellon November 13, 2014 | Updated: November 13, 2014 9:33pm (Houston’s also got an amazing Mandarin immersion school, more here.) The Houston school board granted approval Thursday for the district to open one of the nation’s first public Arabic immersion elementary schools. The new school reflects Superintendent Terry Grier’s push to…

Menlo Park School Board rejects bid to create a Mandarin immersion charter school By Rhea Mahbubani Daily News Staff Writer POSTED:   11/14/2014 05:58:58 AM PST1 COMMENT UPDATED:   11/14/2014 05:59:36 AM PST The Menlo Park City School Board this week unanimously rejected a petition to establish a charter school where the core curriculum would…

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…