Author: Elizabeth Weise

CALGARY — Six-year-old Adam Liu patiently practises his Chinese characters every day — after all, there are thousands to learn. And he’s already speaking Mandarin better than his father. It’s a family reality that’s expected to become even more entrenched when Adam’s little sister, Laura, starts kindergarten next year in the same Mandarin-bilingual program at…

From Judy Shei, author of the awesome 1st grade Mandarin YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3YHwAQnbcQ&feature=youtu.be   Someone asked me for some easy Mandarin pop songs to learn…  I asked my 24 year old cousin & her buddies for a few (thanks Facebook!) and below are some suggestions….  All are subtitled in traditional Chinese, my apologies.  I…

N.Y. / REGION   | February 15, 2012 Affluent, Born Abroad and Choosing New York’s Public Schools  By KIRK SEMPLE Affluent foreign-born parents in New York City are sending their children to public schools in much greater proportion than native-born parents with the same incomes. please read more here.

Lake Oswego School Board members proposed and approved a bridge scenario for offering a first grade Spanish immersion class next year. The board is supportive of long-term development of an immersion program but did not commit to a K-5 program quite yet. Instead, it put a number of conditions on the potential expansion to first…

The Lake Oswego School District looks poised to offer transfer spots at its high schools next year, as board members on Monday unanimously approved continuing to develop a strategy implementing a new open enrollment law. Under House Bill 3681, school districts must decide by March 1 whether to allow out-of-district students to freely transfer into their schools.…

PRINCETON AREA: Local educators weigh in on both sides of charter schools bills DATE POSTED: Monday, February 13, 2012 4:37 PM EST By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer Two controversial charter school reform bills are working their way to the full Assembly after the Assembly Education Committee approved them at a Feb. 2 hearing. The first…