Author: Elizabeth Weise

The Lake Oswego School District will offer two half-day Kindergarten Mandarin Immersion classes in 2011-12, contingent upon hiring qualified staff and on achieving sufficient enrollment to support the program. These classes will be located at River Grove Elementary School . Instruction time is 50% in Mandarin and 50% in English. The literacy component of instruction employs the Read Well program,…

Charter School Battle Shifts to Affluent Suburbs Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times Founders of a proposed Mandarin-immersion charter school meeting in a South Orange, N.J., home. From left, Jutta Gassner-Snyder, Nancy Chu, Tom Piskula and Tiffany Boyd Hodgson. By WINNIE HU Published: July 16, 2011 MILLBURN, N.J. — Matthew Stewart believes there is a place…

From the CAIS Institute blog By Elaine Connell (Photos by KazTsuruta) The two-year-old Mandarin Storytelling Program developed through the collaboration of the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) and the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco has been an exciting and thoroughly rewarding success. The inspiration for the program was the Museum’s 16 year old Storytelling Program…

U.S. expatriates pursue American dream in China By Calum MacLeod, USA TODAY  JIANKOU GREAT WALL, China — His sweat pools quickly as Carl Setzer carries another heavy sack of smoked malt into his farmhouse-turned-brewery beside the Great Wall of China near Beijing. By Calum MacLeod, USA TODAYCleveland native Carl Setzer, 29, delights in using unusual ingredients at his…

As part of its on-going and excellent coverage of Mandarin immersion charter school issues in New Jersey, Patch.com has a nice article today about a state education task force hearing in New Jersey today and some of the issues being raised there. One of the most fascinating tidbits is this, about the state’s acting Education…

Note to those who don’t hang out in the tech/DIY world: A ‘maker’ is anyone who’s ever “fixed anything at home, tackled a craft project, knit a skarf, plant a garden, combined several things into something new, you are a Maker. Have you painted a portrait, sculpted with clay, pressed leaves in a book? Did…

The conference is accepting presenter applications until July 31. Are there other parents/teachers who might want to work with the MIPC to do a workshop on supporting parents in Mandarin Immersion? If so, please email me, Beth Weise, weise@well.com. I don’t think there will be many parents at the conference, but lots of teachers and…