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 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.…

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…

Dual language immersion program completes first year By Johnny Jackson jjackson@henryherald.com Friday, May 9, 2014  © Copyright 2014 Henry Herald Students are learning science in Mandarin Chinese in Dutchtown Elementary’s dual immersion program. Kindergartner Karissa Abney was a helper in this classroom exercise. (Staff Photo: Johnny Jackson) Kindergartners in Dutchtown Elementary dual language immersion program are…

SCSU’s new Confucius Institute brings the East to West David Unze, dunze@stcloudtimes.com9:11 p.m. CDT May 6, 2014 The Confucius Institute will work with statewide Chinese immersion programs, Chinese second-language programs, businesses and cross-cultural partnerships for all of China and Minnesota. (Photo: Dave Schwarz, dschwarz@stcloudtimes.com) STORY HIGHLIGHTS Confucius Institute at St. Cloud State University is housed…

It looks like they send their students to live for a year in Hangzhou. Now, that’s immersion!     http://www.cis.edu.hk/community/phoenix-soaring鳳凰展翅/index.aspx

Check out this great site where your kids can learn 放开手, Let It Go in Chinese. For those of us who are being subjected to endless renditions of it at home, make them sing it in Mandarin! The version sung in 25 different language is also very cool and worth watching. Here’s the video  …