Author: Elizabeth Weise

This is from NPR. And please note that it was published on APRIL FIRST… === April 1, 2012 For years, New York parents have been applying to preschools even before their youngsters are born. That’s not new, but the approach one prestigious pre-school on the Upper West Side is. At the Porsafillo Preschool Academy, all…

Immersion program gets an A Kindergartners busy learning Chinese BY MARSHA SILLS Acadiana bureau April 03, 2012 “All research shows that especially in a school environment it takes a minimum of eight years to learn a foreign language to the point that you won’t forget it.” Nicole boudreaux, lead immersion teacher LAFAYETTE — Jade Carter already…

Chapel Hill-Carrboro parents: Don’t end Chinese language program BY TOM HARTWELL, CORRESPONDENT CHAPEL HILL – A report that recommends suspending dual English-Chinese language classes met strong criticism and disappointment from parents and students involved in the program.The Mandarin Chinese dual language program got a ringing show of support from than 100 parents and students at Thursday’s…

It’s good to remember every once in awhile that most of our MI programs are in schools with many different strands. Here’s a nice story about one such strand at Portland’s Hosford Middle School. ==== PORTLAND, Ore. — For one local school principal, basketball is much more than a game. Principal Kevin Bacon is using basketball to…

Delaware is one of four state education agencies, four Chinese Flagship Centers and numerous school districts from across 10 states that are working collaboratively to implement K-12 Chinese education pathways over the next three years. Lead by the Brigham Young University Chinese Flagship Center and Utah State Office of Education and funded by a $1…

SOUTH BRUNSWICK — By a one-vote margin, townships officials rejected plans for a Mandarin Chinese immersion charter school that had been opposed by residents in three towns. Founders of the proposed Princeton International Academy Charter School, which spent two years seeking local approvals, saw their request for a land use variance narrowly defeated when the zoning…

Dual-language lessons growing in popularity March 22, 2012 | Eleanor Yang Su Flickr/heraldpost At Chula Vista Learning Community Charter School, students are taught lessons every week in a combination of Spanish, English and Mandarin. The public school, which has more than 400 students on its wait list, is hoping to eventually add a fourth language, the principal…