Author: Elizabeth Weise

American Council on Immersion Education Educating Globally Competent Leaders WHY CONTINUATION OF THE FOREIGN LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (ESEA-Title V, Part D, Subpart 9) IS CRITICAL TO THE NATIONAL INTEREST •International and foreign language education programs in the U.S. Department of Education— such as the K-12 Foreign Language Assistance Program (FLAP)—support our nation’s long-term national security,…

Charter schools on the rise in Alameda Submitted by Michele Ellson on 1, February 28, 2011 – 12:03 amNo Comment Nea Community Learning Center’s lead facilitator, Maafi Gueye, talks to prospective families on Tuesday. * Jason and Anne Buckley moved to Alameda a year ago specifically for its good public schools. They have since determined…

By Eric Peterson Sen. Dick Durbin visited Barbara Rose School in South Barrington Friday afternoon to observe a first-grade Chinese-language immersion class and formally present the $1.5 million federal grant that made it possible. Middle school students from Barrington Unit District 220 also were there to greet the senator with dancing Chinese dragons and share…

It’s a no-go for proposed Mandarin immersion school by Staff Writer on February 25, 2011 Disappointing news has hit supporters of the proposed Boston Chinese Immersion Charter School (BCICS).  On February 17, Massachusetts education commissioner Mitchell Chester recommended that seventeen applications be granted charters by the Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.  Yet, such…

Young Mandarin voices resonate at Vancouver English.news.cn 2011-02-23 15:36:39 by Al Campbell VANCOUVER, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) — More schools in British Columbia are expressing interest in offering Chinese immersion classes following the success of this western Canadian province’s first Confucius Classroom. In Coquitlam, a suburban city of Vancouver, the local school board has been offering…

For when you want to write China as 中国 and not just Zhong guo, here are a variety of web pages that explain how to do it. It’s really not that hard and once you’ve got it installed it’s very easy to input – and kids love to write things in Chinese on the computer.…

For parents with iPads: There’s an app that will read stories in Mandarin, with either simplified or traditional character subtitles. The apps are between $2.99 and 99 cents each. Great for car rides and a guilt-free way to let your kids get on the computer — they’re working on their Mandarin… They’re from Taiwanese educational…