THE POLICY AND PRACTICE OF DUAL IMMERSION: PLANNING FOR THE SECONDARY YEARS Attachment:  Dual Immersion Conference Schedule UCLA Confucius Institute and UCLA Graduate School of Education & Information Studies present: The Policy and Practice of Dual Immersion: Planning for the Secondary Years Registration Deadline: May 1 Join us to exchange ideas with educators, researchers, school administrators, and policy makers…

From our friends over at PAASSC, Parents of African American Students Studying Chinese. The survey is for families of all ethnicities and races, please take part! PARENT SURVEY: ASSESSING SCHOOL CULTURE AND RACE AT CHINESE IMMERSION SCHOOLS Equity and Inclusion Workshop Brainstorming with Mandarin Immersion Administrators Developing Collaboratives! We need you to join our efforts…

洛杉磯聯合學區擬砍百老匯小學中文課程，引起學生家長強烈反彈。8日清晨5時已經開始有家長於門口列隊舉牌向學區發聲抗議，希望得到合理回應，協調出解決辦法。（記者林奕均／攝影） 除了華裔，8日當天也有老美家長帶著孩子到場支持抗議活動。馬可兒姐妹舉著「讓我們學習，Let us learn」標語，講述希望能繼續在百老匯小學參與中文課程的心聲。（記者林奕均／攝影） 維尼斯（Venice）百老匯小學（Broadway Elementary School）的家長和學生，8日上午聚集在洛杉磯聯合學區（LAUSD）大樓前，舉牌抗議並質疑學區不合理減半該校成功推行已久的中學教學課程，希望能夠獲得回應及解決辦法。「讓我們學習，Let us learn」、「Kids not politics，孩子不是政治下的受害者」、「停止刪減，Stop the cuts」等碩大標語牌引起路過人潮的注目。 Please read more here.

The other is the International School of Indiana in Indianapolis. Dual Language Immersion Program for kindergartners examined Dual Language Immersion Program for kindergartners examined Debbie Blank | The Herald-TribuneSherry Yang (left), the International School’s Mandarin Department head and a teacher, grew up in Taiwan. “It’s really rewarding as a teacher” to see students’ eyes sparkle. “They…

Mandarin immersion school holds info session Mercury News POSTED:   02/25/2016 07:10:34 PM PST | Wei Yu International Charter School, a Mandarin immersion public elementary school in West San Jose, will hold an information session for prospective parents from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the San Jose Library’s West Valley Branch, 1243 San Tomas…

Post navigation Commentary: LAUSD should reverse cuts to immersion program at Broadway Elementary Posted on February 22, 2016 12:55 pm by Guest Contributors                   From LA School Report By Jennifer Pullen Tens of thousands of people, including Los Angeles Unified School District Board President Steve Zimmer, participated in a “walk-in” last week to…

Note that this isn’t immersion, it’s more the typical hour-a-day language class many of us had in high school.  But it’s interesting that there’s pressure on the district to make Mandarin classes available in middle school for students who weren’t able to get into immersion programs. Though of course my response would be to increase…