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…

I’m taking the weekend off with the family, but Happy New Year. 新年快乐! Beth

Manabu Nagaoka, Executive Producer at the Sesame Workshop, emailed today to say that they are premiering Season 2 of Fun Fun Elmo, the Mandarin language show on SinoVision during Chinese New Year. And even better for those of us in the United States, they’re uploading the First Season, all 13 episodes of it, onto their…

From the Chinese Language Initiatives Team. Have I mentioned you should subscribe to their newsletter? chinese@asiasociety.org ====== News and Opportunities from the Field Chinese Guest Teacher and Trainee Program: The College Board is accepting applications to host a guest teacher or teacher-in-training from China for the 2013–14 school year. Teacher Application Priority Deadline is January 30, 2013, and…