[Note: The sentence below is the only thing about the school in this article, but it’s interesting that the name has been changed. The school’s website is here. From the San Diego News by DAVE SCHWAB Published – 08/24/18 Barnard has a new name, and continues to be the only TK-5 Chinese Mandarin Immersion Program…

By Paul Bowers From The Post and Courier Aug 22, 2018 This fall at East Light Academy, a Mandarin language immersion school, teachers in pre-kindergarten through first grade will speak only Mandarin to their students for most of the day. “It’s like dropping somebody in the water, and they have to do something to survive,”…

The American grass-roots school movement immersing children in Mandarin School districts, parents, and administrators are driving the growth in programmes that teach US primary school pupils to read, write and exercise in another language despite broader anti-China sentiment   From: The South China Morning Post By Simone McCarthy PUBLISHED : Saturday, 08 September, 2018, 11:03pm…

From the San Gabriel Valley Tribune By KAYIU WONG | kwong@scng.com | August 26, 2018 For some kindergartners starting school this year in the San Gabriel Valley, their first teachers are just as likely to greet them with “hola” or “ni hao” as “hello.” These are the experiences thousands of students encounter as they start…

My pleas for information about Mandarin immersion schools in New York have been answered by some helpful parents — thanks all. It’s helpful because finding information about Mandarin immersion schools in New York City isn’t easy. School web sites don’t offer up much and even schools where I’ve talked to parents and know there’s a…

Mind you, a few of them don’t launch until next academic year, but every one on my newly-updated list seems very likely to start. The ones I’m not sure of I don’t include until they’re actually off the ground. Here’s the full list: MIP list 2018-08-30. August 28, 2018    Additions and changes. ADDITIONS East Light…

August 23, 2018 From: CBS2 Live On Wednesday night, the board of trustees for the Partnerships to Uplift Communities (PUC Schools), voted to close PUC International Preparatory Academy (iPrep), located at 1800 Colorado Blvd. The closure took effect immediately Thursday. The new school year had just started up two days ago. “Where am I going…