Mandarin Immersion Parents Council
Information for parents of kids in Mandarin immersion education
Author: Elizabeth Weise
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By MORGAN McLAUGHLIN / FOR THE REGISTER Dice flew and chips piled up as guests in traditional 旗袍 Chinese brocade dresses and shirts whooped it up at the 2nd annual Friends of MIP (Mandarin Immersion Program) Chinese New Year Fundraiser Celebration. The Bowers Museum in Santa Ana turned casino for one night, and supporters of the…
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From the Asia Society. Jamila Nightingale is doing great work here in the San Francisco Bay area to support African-American families with children in Mandarin immersion programs. I strongly encourage schools to reach out to Parents of African American Students Studying Chinese (PASSC) to talk about creating groups in your own schools and districts. San Francisco’s very…
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Proposition 227 all but eliminated bilingual education in California schools in 1998. The law mandated that English be used as the primary language to teach non-English-speaking kids in schools. In recent years, a different form of secondary language acquisition has been gaining traction in Los Angeles public school system. They are called “dual language immersion”…
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LAFAYETTE — It will take some “seed money” to get a proposed immersion high school off the ground in Lafayette, but just how much is still unknown, said members of a committee studying what it would take to open the Lafayette school. The committee’s work is outlined in Act 851, authorized by the Legislature in…
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Chinese language ‘camp’ for Casper kids could be beginning of long-term program By JACIE BORCHARDT Casper Star-Tribune March 21, 2013 – 12:48 pm EDT CASPER, Wyoming — The second-graders circled around squares of paper with different colors a few inches apart on the floor. Each clutched a smaller, paper square and leaned forward, waiting for…
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National Chinese Language Conference From left: Lucy Lee, Robert Murowchick, Deborah Delisle, Marcos Aguilar April 7 – 9 | Boston Chinese language and culture experts take the main stage to discuss China Across Subject Areas: The Career Connection Equity and Access to a Chinese Language Education The Future of Education in China and the United…
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