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…

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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…

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…

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,…

  By DEBRA SCHERBAN @DebraScherban Thursday, August 29, 2013 (Published in print: Friday, September 6, 2013) HADLEY — The executive director and a trustee of the Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion Charter School aim to open a second school near Boston, even as the Hadley school expands into the secondary grades. Richard E. Alcorn, the school’s…

 The Chinese reading web site 5Q Channel has begun offering one free story per month for non-members, to give them a sense of the content the site has available. The first story is “The Peasant and the Devil”. You can access it at http://www.5qchannel.com/qqflash2011/ja032ta_free.htm The site will announce new stories on its Facebook page at…