International Partnerships in Education (IPIE.US) in cooperation with Hanbridge Mandarin are pleased to announce the 2017 International Language & Culture Camp in Shenzhen, China. The program is open to American and Chinese high school students. The summer camp program consists of a 15-day on-campus immersion environment where the American and Chinese high school students will…

Seattle Public Schools are facing a $74 million shortfall next year.  In a community forum on January 4, District Superintendent Larry Nyland said that certain programs may have to be cut. None of the local papers seem to be writing about it, but the Seattle Schools Community Forum thankfully had someone there who posted this: “He…

Interesting that Eugene had the first Japanese immersion program in the nation.  And surprising that they haven’t added one in a generation.  – Beth Good time to add Chinese Eugene School District plans Mandarin program Dec. 28, 2016 The Eugene School District was a pioneer in providing language-immersion programs to public school students, but hasn’t…

By Alisha Roemeling The Register-Guard DEC 26, 2016 The Eugene School District will soon have a fourth language immersion program to offer students, pending Eugene School Board approval in the new year. The plan is to implement a Mandarin Chinese program in the Churchill High School region of the district, beginning at the Family School…

Mandarin Immersion Students will Head to Mission Viejo for Middle School By Capo Dispatch On December 1, 2016 By Allison Jarrell After months of uncertainty, families in Capistrano Unified School District’s Mandarin Immersion Program (MIP) finally got the answer they were eagerly awaiting—their students will matriculate from Marian Bergeson Elementary School in Laguna Niguel to Fred Newhart…

At least two new Mandarin charter schools are set to open in the 2017-2018 school year, PUC International Preparatory Academy in the Los Angeles Unified School District and Wei Yu International Charter school in West San Jose, Calif. I’ve got 21 existing charter schools on my list of Mandarin immersion programs in the United States and I…

City’s Dual Language Programs Struggle to Find Teachers, Experts Say By Amy Zimmer | February 23, 2016 9:54am Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina (left), Principal Victoria Hunt (center) and Queen Letizia (right) observe a kindergarten art class at the Dos Puentes Dual Language School, a dual language program in Upper Manhattan. View Full Caption Newsday MANHATTAN — The Department of…