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Author: Elizabeth Weise

  • Living in Singapore? Send your kid to local schools

    My friend Judy Shei and her family moved to Singapore recently. She’s a great mom from Starr King Elementary here in San Francisco and was a stalwart board member of our non-profit that supports the public Mandarin immersion program 金山中文教育协会/Jinshan Mandarin Education Council. We miss her and want her back, but if we can’t have her…

  • Georgia officials pleased with new Mandarin immersion program

    Georgia officials visit dual language Mandarin program at Henry County elementary school THE ASSOCIATED PRESS September 16, 2013 – 8:27 pm EDT HAMPTON, Georgia — State education officials say they’re impressed so far with a dual language Mandarin Chinese program being used at a Henry County elementary school. Officials say Dutchdown Elementary School in Hampton…

  • Minnesota Mandarin immersion students test scores above average

    Immersion programs see interest skyrocket in St. Cloud schools Challenge: How to assess progress  Sep. 12, 2013 9:12 PM   | Teacher Feng Dong leads second-grade students through a lesson at Madison Elementary School on Tuesday. / Dave Schwarz, dschwarz@stcloudtimes.com Written by Danielle Cintron Schools are continuously measuring student progress to identify improvement areas, but for…

  • Why Chinese is easy to learn

    15 reasons why Chinese is easy to learn. Please read the post here.

  • Chicago-area immersion school adds Chinese drumming to the mix

    A Chinese Immersion language program for a Schaumburg elementary school’s youngest kids has opened the door to a variety of cultural opportunities for the entire student body. On Thursday, Campanelli School received five new Chinese drums donated by the Taiwanese Overseas Compatriot Affairs Council, then students watched a performance on them by the accomplished players…

  • Chinese charter school chief, under pressure, to end involvement with proposed Boston-area program

    By KRISTIN PALPINI @kristinpalpini Thursday, September 5, 2013 (Published in print: Friday, September 6, 2013) SPRINGFIELD — Trustees of the Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion Charter School grilled its executive director Thursday night about what the chairwoman called a “troubling” lack of communication when he filed a prospectus with the state to start a similar school…

  • When is a Ms. a Mister? When she’s a smart woman in China…

    LETTER FROM CHINA A Moniker Only a Mister Could Like By DIDI KIRSTEN TATLOW Published: August 27, 2013 BEIJING — “Have you noticed how woman opinion leaders are being called ‘Mr.’ on Weibo?” asked my sharp-eyed friend Mei Zhang, referring to the influential Twitter-like microblogs. She was right. In scattered online references subsequently confirmed in interviews,…