Keep Chinese immersion school open — Kristopher Schroeder I am deeply troubled by the Verona School Board’s proposal to eliminate the Verona Area International School.   This school is an incredible feather in the cap for the district, and it provides tremendous value for the community. Any student can attend, and this school represents a…

By David Paulk Caesar Rodney School District is planning for its Chinese Immersion Program to move into middle school. It’s been four years since the first group of kindergarten students enrolled in a course where students learn a foreign language by speaking solely in the chosen tongue. Supervisor of Instruction Darren Guido, who oversees the program,…

From US China Strong, a non-profit: Dear Friends, I am thrilled to announce that, through our partnership with United Airlines, American students will now have access to discounted roundtrip travel between the United States and China! US-China Strong and United are both committed to ensuring that all Americans, regardless of their financial resources, have the opportunity…

Wei Yu International Charter School is a new Mandarin immersion public charter school opening Fall 2017 with K and 1st classes in West San Jose, CA. Please visit their website at http://weiyucharter.org. The school will also hold an information on Saturday, Nov. 12. Sign up for info here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1112-wei-yu-info-session-tickets-27334712862

Chinese immersion programs aim to give students cultural, academic, job advantages By Gabriella Vukelic For the Arizona Daily Star Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star Kindergarten teacher Lucy Lin asks Greta Reyerson, left, a question in Mandarin during a half-day kindergarten class at Sunrise Drive Elementary School, one of two schools in the Tucson area…

Dual language immersion programs will grow at LAUSD with or without Prop. 58 LA School Report The majority of  Vista Del Valle Dual Language Academy students in San Fernando don’t have just one teacher, they have two. And they don’t have just one classroom, they have two, where they spend half their day learning in English…

From LA School Report How Prop. 58 could change California classrooms View this story in Spanish Carolyn Phenicie | October 28, 2016 Proposition 58 certainly isn’t the highest-profile among the 17 ballot questions facing California voters this fall — those would probably be the proposals to repeal the death penalty or legalize marijuana. It isn’t…