As schools look at a new and as yet unclear future, here’s a nice example from an immersion charter school in Ohio of how to do online fundraising. The GALA gala each year always sounded like a lot of fun (from seeing their emails). It’s impressive how they managed to capture some of their excitement…

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the annual National Chinese Language Conference is happening online this year, Wednesday through Friday June 24-26, and it’s free. Of course the online version will be much diminished from the usual rich mix of interactions, school visits and presentations that bring educators up to date on the latest in Chinese…

An example of how a principal with a vision and totally transform a school — and create the only Mandarin immersion program in Hawai’i. Which, thankfully, will continue on. Aloha, President Perry Martin 05/13/2020 BY HAWAII CATHOLIC HERALD The outgoing Maryknoll president’s vision for the school parallels the founding sisters’ mission and charism By the Maryknoll Sisters…

Good news from Delaware. I posted about the difficult decisions they were facing there last week here. Christina School Board moves to restore teacher jobs, sports and more after referendum win Natalia Alamdari Delaware News Journal Following a successful referendum on Tuesday, the Christina School Board took the initial steps Wednesday night to restore program…

By Chan Lü Dr. Lü is a professor at the University of Washington, my alma mater and the place I first studied Chinese. I still haven’t convinced my daughter to apply there, even though she’d be a 5th generation Husky! but I haven’t given up yet…. From: American Federation of Teachers AFT.org About one-third of…

Like many other school districts, the Christina School District in Delaware is facing as much as $10 million in cuts due to the economic downturn. It’s holding a school referendum vote on Tuesday to raise taxes to keep the schools from having to make draconian cuts. The list of possible cuts is long, and included —…

Mary Field is a Mandarin speaker and long-time Mandarin language supporter who just helped launch a French and Mandarin immersion school in San Antonio, Texas with a pre-school and Kindergarten, with plans to expand to first grade next year. All currently in limbo. Here she describes what the winter felt like for their school. Looking…