Author: Elizabeth Weise

Update 7-12-2011: According to a press release from the school, they now have over 1,200 applications for early admission. I’d be very curious to know who’s putting together their Mandarin program and where they taught before. There can’t be too many candidates out there with the necessary experience, given how new most Mandarin immersion programs…

[An interesting look at how the desire for Mandarin plays out at the college level.0 From the Providence Journal Tuesday, July 5, 2011 By Gina Macris, Journal Staff Writer SOUTH KINGSTOWN — When Mandarin Chinese 101 first appeared in the course catalog at the University of Rhode Island in the fall of 2004, 30 students immediately…

What’s so fascinating about this is how differently NJ has reacted to Mandarin immersion compared to many other districts. We know that in many urban school districts, Mandarin immersion is offered both as an aid to  Chinese-speaking students and to encourage English-speaking middle class families to stay in their districts rather than going to the…

The Center for Applied Linguistics at the University of Minnesota  keeps one of the best databases on immersion K-12 schools in the country. They’re updating it now – make sure your program’s in there, if you’re a total or partial immersion program in any language. And while you’re at it, check out the MIPC web…

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,…

        The soon-to-open program (they’re hoping) has  a new web site at  www.cicusd.com

From Patch.com Charter Schools Rally Targets Suburbs Senator Codey calls fight over charter schools a ‘watershed moment.’ By Laura Griffin and Marilyn Joyce Lehren | Email the authors | June 22, 2011    PHOTOS (11)       Sen. Richard Codey told a crowd of about 120 at the Save Our Schools rally in Millburn on Tuesday night that the fight over charter schools…