Author: Elizabeth Weise

SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Charter gains ally DATE POSTED: Wednesday, August 17, 2011 7:06 PM EDT By Charles W. Kim, Managing Editor The legal battle between a proposed charter school and three public school districts has been joined. The New Jersey Charter Schools Association threw its support behind the Princeton International Academy Charter School (PIACS) in its…

District expects to help fund its Michigan classrooms with Chinese tuition payments By MICHAEL VAN BEEK | Aug. 18, 2011 When the U.S. Congress passed the Elementary and Secondary Education Act in 1965 and created “magnet” schools, it’s unlikely that anyone at the time thought this might lead to the creation of international magnet schools, especially ones…

By Elizabeth Weise In 2009, Broadway Elementary, housed in a lovely Spanish-style building from 1924, was dying. The public school in Venice, Calif. could barely fill seven classes, one for each grade from Kindergarten to 6th. “Three years in a row I was called to the district for a small school meeting where we were…

TIPS FOR TAKING YOUR MI KIDS TO CHINA By Kendall Goh                                                           Last updated 3 August 2011 INTRODUCTION 1 WHEN TO PLAN 2 WHY GO 2 FINDING A LANGUAGE PROGRAM 3 GUIDES, GROUPS OR GOING IT ALONE 5 VISAS 7 DOMESTIC TRAVEL:  FLIGHTS 8 DOMESTIC TRAVEL:  TRAINS 9 ACCOMMODATIONS 10 INTERNET, TELEPHONES AND POWER PLUGS 12…

Students Immerse Themselves in Chinese, With the Help of Visitors With the start of the school year only weeks away, students at Minnetonka Schools’ Excelsior Elementary will continue learning Mandarin Chinese. By Delane Cleveland View full size      PHOTOS (7) Although temperatures hovered around 100 degrees the last week of the 2010-2011 school year, the students…

Why It’s Smart to Be Bilingual The brain’s real super-food may be learning new languages. Aug 7, 2011 10:00 AM EDT On a sweltering August morning, in a classroom overlooking New York’s Hudson River, a group of 3-year-olds are rolling sticky rice balls in chocolate sprinkles, as a teacher guides them completely in Mandarin. This…

New Kindergarten Dual Language Program to begin on August 22, 2011 The Walnut Valley Unified School District is proud to offer a new Mandarin Dual Immersion program beginning on Monday, August 22, 2011. The Walnut Valley Unified School District is proud to offer a new Mandarin Dual Immersion program beginning on Monday, August 22, 2011.…