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  • Waiting lists for immersion could become a thing of the past in Louisiana

      Language immersion expansion could become law  May 13, 2014 10:29 PM   | Sen. Barrow Peacock voted a language immersion bill. / File photo Written by Mike Hasten BATON ROUGE — School systems that currently offer language immersion will have to offer it to all kindergarten and first-grade children whose parents want them enrolled if Gov. Bobby…

  • A parent report from the National Chinese Language Conference in L.A.

    Natasha Heller, a parent at Broadway Elementary in Venice, Calif., attended the National Chinese Language Conference in Los Angeles May 9 – 10, 2014, and sends these notes. Kudos for making this available to parents nationally. Plenary Sessions The morning at NCLC began with a discussion of California’s special role in Sino-American relations. David Pierson of the…

  • A visual representation of the Linguistic State of our Union

    , An infographic from FreePeopleSearch.org  

  • Taking your Mandarin immersion kid to China

    The ever-fabulous Kendall Goh, a mom at Starr King Elementary here in San Francisco, has updated her wonderful guide to taking Mandarin immersion kids to China. Enjoy! By Kendall Goh Updated 12 May 2014 INTRODUCTION   I went through the processes of planning and taking several trips[1] to China and thought I’d share what I…

  • New York City added 29 immersion programs this year

    New York City is going all-out on the immersion front to attract more families into the public school system, while simultaneously serving the needs of English language learners. I added four new NYC schools to the full Mandarin immersion list today. Note that Dual Language programs mean immersion programs where there are equal numbers of students who…

  • How Cantonese immersion resurrected a public school in San Francisco

    How to resurrect a public school in SF By Joel P. Engardio click to enlarge JOEL ENGARDIO/SPECIAL TO THE S.F. EXAMINER Hsieh family left to right: Jack, Nicole, Tom, Emma Elementary school graduations are cute, yet they hardly match the hat tossing euphoria of the U.S. Naval Academy or the pomp of an Ivy League procession.…

  • Live from the National Chinese Language Conference in Los Angeles!

    Two parents from the Broadway Elementary Mandarin immersion program in Los Angeles, Calif. (Venice, Calif. really)  are attending the National Chinese Language Conference in Los Angeles this weekend. You can read about the conference here. Natasha Heller and Jennifer Li will be writing up the workshops they visit which I’ll post here. While they’re at the…