Several articles on the issue below:   The furor over the Confucius Institutes is distracting from real Chinese threats   University Confucius Institute closed months before FBI monitoring Closing a Confucius Institute, at Congressmen’s Request   NC State is closing its Chinese-backed Confucius Institute. Is politics behind decision? Read more here:   Confucius Institute closed…

From our friends at Asia Society’s Chinese Early Language & Immersion Network (CELIN) Making Middle and High School Mandarin Immersion Work By Michael Bacon, Director, Department of Dual Language, Portland Public Schools & Eric Schneider, Associate Superintendent, Minnetonka Public Schools   Effectively engaging adolescents and nurturing their academic, cognitive, and social development is a challenge for any…

  I spent New Year’s Day updating my list of Mandarin immersion programs after following up on the information and leads readers, parents, teachers and administrators so kindly send me about what’s happening in Mandarin immersion.  Here’s the newly updated list. We’re up to 277 U.S. programs, including a few that will launch this coming…

By: Phoenix Tso Alhambra , CA United States At the end of October, Fremont Elementary School’s first grade Spanish dual-language immersion class were treated to a special guest. Los Angeles Times journalist Esmeralda Bermudez was stopping by to talk about the benefits of teaching children to speak multiple languages at a young age. The Salvadoran…

Thanks to Jie Ming parent Brian Lam, who emailed to tell me that the school, in addition to gettin g anew building, has also expanded from three Kindergarten classes to four. [If you’ve got a story about your Mandarin immersion school, please email me at weise (at) well (dot) com. Let’s get the word out!]…

Granted, it’s pricey. But it sounds very good. And Gregg Roberts, who oversaw immersion programs in the state of Utah, is now working with them. That, to me is, the golden seal of approval. I talked to Gregg and he agreed that it would make sense for students who take college Chinese as part of…

From: The Lake Forest Times By Cam Hedlund Nov 23, 2018   Lakes International Language Academy, the PreK-12 public charter school in Forest Lake, set out in 2004 with a mission to prepare students to become critical thinkers and global citizens. We integrated the renowned International Baccalaureate curriculum across our program from the start and…