Author: Elizabeth Weise

At English-Mandarin Public School, High Test Scores, but Also Strife Todd Heisler/The New York Times The Shuang Wen Academy on the Lower East Side received straight A’s on its city report card this year, but parents are in conflict. By SHARON OTTERMAN Published: November 1, 2010 When it opened in 1998, the Shuang Wen Academy…

A parent passed along this camp info in China. Does anyone have any experience with it? The MIPC always gets lots of inquiries about summer camps in China but thus far we haven’t heard much from parents with actual experience sending their kids. If you’ve had a child at this or any other camp in…

A Chinese immersion school may become a first in Boston by Joanne Wong on October 22, 2010 Language immersion programs have become increasingly popular in cities and towns across the country.  If approved by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), the Boston Chinese Immersion Charter School (BCICS) will launch in the Fall…

Why teaching toddlers Mandarin Chinese is a smart investment   “Relative to 10 years ago, Americans have completely changed their outlook about learning a language. We’ve seen a shift about the age that parents want their children to start learning. Imagine—10 years from now—this entire generation of [American] children, in all kinds of professions, being…

Rockford high school students visited the Turkey pavilion at the World Expo in Shanghai during their recent trip to China. Rockford’s language programs excelling By Danielle Arndt In 2007, Rockford Public Schools was awarded $550,000 in federal grant money to start up its Mandarin Chinese and Spanish Immersion programs. The district is now reaping the…

Not immersion, but possibly an option for district’s that aren’t up for immersion. Though we’d love to hear from schools that have used this program. How did it go? And are there really enough scholarships to go around? === Elementary schools to pilot language immersion program By Rich Harbert GateHouse News Service Posted Oct 14,…

Cambridge school first to offer dual-language immersion program in Mandarin Chinese By Staff reports Wicked Local Cambridge Posted Oct 12, 2010 @ 02:26 PM Last update Oct 13, 2010 @ 11:49 AM Cambridge — A Cambridge school will be one of the first in Massachusetts to offer a dual-language immersion program in Mandarin Chinese as…