Author: Elizabeth Weise

Students are now entering their second year of the dual language Chinese immersion program at Paradise Valley Elementary School; a program that started last year with a kindergarten class of 44 students. Principal Aaron Wilson, PVES says, “when there are kids present our mandarin teachers only speak mandarin.” For full immersion of the foreign language,…

Nonprofit group to aid Chinese Immersion education Parent council advocates for funds, programs in D220 Published: Friday, Sept. 19, 2014 9:35 a.m. CDT Caption (Photo provided) By STEPHANIE KOHL – Barrington Suburban Life Contributor BARRINGTON – The Barrington Chinese Immersion Council received its 501c3 designation just a few weeks ago and members are anxious to further…

   You can see the website, with lots of great info for programs,here.

You can see the full list of all 118 schools and language here. And here’s their new statewide immersion website

Parents group asks Menlo Park district to let it start a Mandarin immersion charter school By Rhea Mahbubani Daily News Staff Writer POSTED:   09/06/2014 03:00:00 AM PD Growing up, Carol Cunningham dreaded Sundays. While her friends enjoyed their downtime, the daughter of immigrant parents was herded off to weekly Mandarin language classes. She resisted…

How a Public Chinese Immersion School Is Desegregating St. Louis The Chinese School brings together students from the suburbs and the inner city in one of America’s most racially divided cities. BY ALEXIA FERNÁNDEZ CAMPBELL AND REENA FLORES Lydia Chen, principal of the Chinese School, leads an assembly during the first day of the 2014-15 school year.(Reena Flores/National…