Author: Elizabeth Weise
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The Chinese Education Conference (CEC) is the largest K-16 national conference dedicated to promoting Chinese education in the United States. CEC provides: Best practices and hands-on teaching methods Innovative technology tools and essential resources Networking opportunities for administrators and teachers Annually, the CEC brings together a national audience of over 500 teachers, administrators, and community…
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National Chinese Language Conference 2010 The third annual National Chinese Language Conference will be held during April 22–24, 2010, in Washington, DC. With growing interest in fostering students’ global competence, Chinese language and culture programs are expanding quickly across the United States, and indeed the world. This conference is dedicated to encouraging dialogue in the…
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By Laurie Bouck, Jose Ortega parent In 1998, the Portland, Oregon public school district (PPS) started a Mandarin Immersion program that they planned to run from kindergarten through 12th grade. The PPS already had Japanese and Spanish immersion programs within their school system, and added the Mandarin program at the urging of parents and teachers.…
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The Verona Press By Seth Jovaag A new charter school that will teach half its classes in Chinese will open in the Verona Area School District in September. On a split vote Monday, the Verona Area school board approved a controversial proposal to launch the state’s first Chinese-language charter school. The Verona Area International School…
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Registration set to begin in February for new language program at Forest Grove Burnaby Now Published: Saturday, January 16, 2010 The Burnaby school district will offer a Mandarin language arts program at Forest Grove elementary. The Mandarin language arts program, which is set to start in September 2010, is an optional course for students in kindergarten…
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January 06, 2010 News » Feature Learning In Chinese Mandarin immersion takes root in Bay Area schools. By Luke Tsai click to enlarge Kai-Yao To teaches her students at Berkeley’s Shu Ren International School (photo by Hali McGrath) On a crisp December afternoon at Berkeley’s Shu Ren International School, eleven squirming five-year-olds are sprawled out…
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Brendan Hoffman for The New York Times The Yu Ying charter school has recruited five native Chinese speakers living in the United States to teach their classes. More Photos > By SAM DILLON Published: January 20, 2010 WASHINGTON — Thousands of public schools stopped teaching foreign languages in the last decade, according to a government-financed…
Mandarin Immersion Parents Council 