Author: Elizabeth Weise

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…

I had the pleasure of taking one of Jen Lin-Liu’s cooking classes when I was in Beijing covering the 2008 Olympics. She also wrote a fun book about being an American studying traditional Chinese cooking, Serve the People: A Stir-Fried Journey Through China. I saw on Facebook this week that she’s offering Zoom cooking classes…

Brooklyn School Develops Multilingual Remote Learning Plans Brooklyn School Featured in the International Press for Developing Multilingual Remote Learning Resources for Families During COVID-19 By Sarah, Neighbor Mar 24, 2020 4:41 pm ET | Updated Mar 25, 2020 1:33 am ET Brooklyn School Develops Multilingual Remote Learning Plans Brooklyn School Featured in the International Press for Developing Multilingual…

From SkyKids: Dear Parents,Please check our website for the latest information regarding our programs in Taipei,San Francisco, and our recently launched Online Camps. Links to the website are underlined below. 1) Taipei — We will run a smaller subset of camps this summer from June 1 – August 21 @ CIO Maker School, Yongan Camp, Yoyo KindergartenThe main issue for visiting families is that…

Several people asked for Jennifer’s suggestions for videos that her kids were watching in Mandarin, which she has kindly sent along. Enjoy. Journey to the West The 40-part CCTV series from 1986 of Journey to the West has captivated everyone in the family: Please click here. Trouble in the Temple of Heaven We also love…