Author: Elizabeth Weise

The Mandarin immersion program of the San Francisco Unified School District will graduate its first 5th grade class this spring, and the first year of middle school Mandarin will begin in Fall of 2012 at Aptos Middle School. The program at Aptos will consist of  four classes in English (English, Math, Science, Art/Music/PE) and two…

Hope Chinese Charter School Hope Chinese Charter School (HCCS) is a public elementary school providing a bilingual education in English and Mandarin Chinese. The HCCS immersion program challenges students in all academic subjects while also giving them high proficiency in two world languages. Open Enrollment Begins in January 2012 Our open enrollment period is January…

Some useful background on the issues behind opposition to New Jersey’s proposed Mandarin immersion charter school. In the Suburbs, Charter Schools Raise Concerns About Local Control Can a local school district block a charter from opening or refuse to fund it?  print | email | share By Marilyn Joyce Lehren, January 9, 2012 in Education |1 Comment Credit: Marilyn Joyce Lehren Lili Meddahi, a…

New school board president a veteran of education wars Former probation officer, lawyer, got hooked on schools as a Jordan parent by Chris Kenrick Palo Alto Weekly Staff Photo Taking the gavel for the second time, new Palo Alto Board of Education President Camille Townsend says she spends a lot of time “poring over research” to…

Rally Brings Out Supporters and Local Officials in Favor of Charter Reform and Against the Proposed Hua Mei Charter BY Anna Sandler  |  SATURDAY, JAN 07, 2012 7:45AM  |  COMMENTS (0)     Speaker is Assemblywoman Mila M. Jasey For residents of Maplewood, South Orange and West Orange, the news that their school districts might be getting a…

Mandarin program makes sense HOUSTON CHRONICLE Updated 05:49 p.m., Monday, January 2, 2012 Beginning next year, the Houston Independent School District will offer a magnet school program for elementary-age students in which core subjects will be taught in Mandarin Chinese – the most-spoken language in the world. The program will be at the former Holden Elementary…

District 67 Slates Kindergarten Registration for 2012-13 School Year Parents should contact their neighborhood school now to receive packet. By Lake Forest School District 67      Parents who reside within the Lake Forest School District 67 boundaries and plan to enroll their children in kindergarten for the 2012-13 school year are asked to contact their neighborhood…