It looks as if they’re adding a second kindergarten class in the St. Cloud, Minn. Mandarin program and have spaces open in both kindergarten and first grade. Just an FYI for folks in that neck of the woods. Check out the parents’ helpful website here. It’s a great example of parents taking the bull by the…

From the Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition http://www.carla.umn.edu/immersion/resources.html#listserves Language immersion resources from Global Village Academy in Colorado. http://www.globalvillageacademy.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=237097&type=d&pREC_ID=546478

Proposed state Senate bill seeks to remove prohibitions for school language immersion programs By Laura Dudnick @Lauradudnick TOOLS click to enlarge MIKE KOOZMIN/THE S.F. EXAMINER West Portal Elementary School teacher Jennie Lee leads a Chinese immersion class Wednesday. On Wednesday morning, 22 kindergarten and first-grade students filed into their classroom at West Portal Elementary School, stuffed their…

Parent innovation leads to unusual solution to school frustrations Deepa Fernandes | March 12th, 2014, 6:27am SLIDESHOW 1 of 9 Maya Sugarman/KPCC Founding parents Nancy Baca, left, Duhee Lee and Marian Chen look inside an available classroom at Pasadena Christian Church. The ad-hoc group of founding parents are calling the new school “The Oasis Trilingual Community School.”…

Menlo Park parents push for Mandarin language immersion program in schools By Bonnie Eslinger Daily News Staff Writer POSTED: 03/28/2014 03:00:00 AM PDT0 COMMENTS A group of parents who have organized to convince the Menlo Park City School District to launch a Mandarin language immersion program will get to make their pitch to the school…

Naselle board votes to keep Mandarin Unanimous vote keeps program Wednesday, March 26, 2014 8:53 am By NICK NIKKILA NASELLE — The Naselle School Board unanimously voted March 18 to continue the district’s Mandarin Immersion Program, eliciting an eruption of applause from the audience. Please read more here. The school’s teachers. Information about the program…

(lifesizeimages/istockphoto) By Heather Clydesdale Teachers today face a conundrum: they lack the hours needed to help students master requisite proficiencies. This burden is amplified for those teaching language immersion classes. Some split their students’ school day with an English teacher, and most must use additional time to explain concepts and build skills in a language…