Natrona County School District sets Dual Language Immersion meeting   An informational meeting on the proposed Dual Language Immersion program is scheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday in the Jefferson Room at the Nartona County School District’s Central Services Facility, 970 N. Glenn Road. Dual Language Immersion allows children to learn a foreign language during their…

By Carmen Cordovez SAN FRANCISCO — As my daughter and I wait for our school’s drum and dance troupe to begin marching at the Lunar New Year parade, I’m amazed I’m here at all. While growing up in Quito I would have never dreamed of marching in this parade. Today I am a native Spanish…

Here’s an interesting opinion piece from the former mayor of San Mateo, Calif. about College Park Elementary, which is home to a Mandarin immersion program with students in Kindergarten through 3rd grade and which will fill to 5th grade in two years, eventually filling the school. OP-ED: Does North Central neighborhood need a school? February…

More from the Asia Society. How to Build a School Exchange Program The Walter Payton Preparatory High School Model Payton students videoconferencing with peers in Morocco while Chicago Mayor Richard Daley and several Ambassadors to the United States look on. (U.S. Chief of Protocol) Walter Payton Students Meet with Chinese President Traveling internationally is not…

From those great folks at the Asia Society How Schools Can Successfully Partner with Local Businesses Businesses have a vested interest in their communities. They need a strong pool of local workers to choose from and consumers who can afford their products. Many businesses want to give to the community and invest in it, but…

From WSOC TV–CHARLOTTE, N.C. For several hours each day, students at Waddell Language Academy speak and write only in Chinese. Nearly all their subjects, including math and science, have been taught in Mandarin since they were in kindergarten. They’ll likely graduate high school fluent without the slightest accent. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools began its Chinese immersion program…

Pearson, one of the nation’s largest textbook publishers, has translated its enVisionMATH program that into Chinese. From the company: “enVisionMATH is an amazing elementary Math program written specifically to address the Common Core State Standards, and is based on critical foundational research and proven classroom results. We have customized that program to be translated into Chinese…