by Lelan Miller Many school districts are either implementing or considering the implementation of Chinese immersion schools as evidenced by the number of reports of new schools and programs coming in almost weekly, if not daily. However still many more school districts do not have such programs due to many reasons: inadequate funding, lack of…

State Superintendent of Public Instruction John Huppenthal visits teacher Angela Saldarriaga’s Spanish-immersion class at Pueblo Elementary in Scottsdale on Friday, April 19, 2013. Michael Schennum/The Republic By Mary Beth Faller The Republic | azcentral.comThu Apr 25, 2013 8:17 AM Along with science and technology, schools nationwide have been pressed to add more world-language instruction to…

          Georgia currently has three Mandarin immersion programs: Atlanta Trilingual Academy and Omni International School are private and GLOBE Academy is a charter. All are in Atlanta. The new school, Dutchtown Elementary School in Hampton is about 30 miles south of Atlanta. Photo by Johnny Jackson Kindergarten teacher Kim Moss helps…

I realize this meeting is in San Francisco, but some families might want to be aware that there even exists such a thing as a Mandarin immersion boarding school. There are days when a boarding school far, far away sounds like a lovely idea…  Beth === Looking for a Mandarin program in China?   Thinking…

Those of us whose children are in schools where a Mandarin immersion program was placed to bring in middle class families know these issues well. It can work, but it’s hard work. Beth When the melting pot boils over For parents and educators striving to create diverse schools, what happens when good intentions run into…

$300 Million Scholarship for Study in China Signals a New Focus By KEITH BRADSHER Published: April 20, 2013 HONG KONG — The private-equity tycoon Stephen A. Schwarzman, backed by an array of mostly Western blue-chip companies with interests in China, is creating a $300 million scholarship for study in China that he hopes will rival the Rhodes…

  Michael Friberg for The New York Times Lily Buneo, teaching Portuguese at Lakeview Elementary in Provo, Utah. <nyt_byline> By JACK HEALY Published: April 19, 2013 FACEBOOK TWITTER GOOGLE+ SAVE E-MAIL SHARE PRINT REPRINTS <nyt_text><nyt_correction_top> PROVO, Utah — In this deeply Mormon state, the school day is being translated into Chinese. Strains of Taiwanese pop songs…