Parents in Fremont have been pushing  for several years now to insure that their program continues through junior high school. I’ve had the pleasure of visiting the school and speaking with parents there and I know how hard they’ve been working on this. Thankfully, their school district has agreed. Congrats to Fremont! You can read the district’s…

Plymouth Elementary School’s Mandarin Dual Immersion Program Helps Parents Too November 17th, 2015 by Monrovia Weekly By Terry Miller Plymouth School in Monrovia has implemented a first of its kind in the district – a dual immersion program for students to learn Mandarin. In fact the school is on the cusp of what will, perhaps,…

How Learning Mandarin Is Changing The Hearts, Minds, And Brains Of Kids Will we all be speaking Mandarin by 2050? By Peter Willhoite Rena was six when she first started at Yu Ming Charter School in Oakland. She knew only a few words of Mandarin. “I thought it was weird that they [the teachers] were talking and I…

By Linda Borg Journal Staff Writer Posted Dec. 10, 2015 at 11:04 AM PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The Providence schools will offer two Spanish-English and Mandarin Chinese-English immersion programs (pending sufficient demand) at the Carl Lauro Elementary School in the 2016-2017 school year. This will expand the dual language immersion program at the Leviton Dual Language School. In…

  DECEMBER 3, 2015 Delaware to grow Chinese study abroad program Governor Jack Markell (left) and Wanxiang Project Manager Daniel Li sign a memorandum of understanding to expand the company-sponsored study abroad program. (Avi Wolfman-Arent, NewsWorks/WHYY) Delaware will send up to 30 high school students to China each of the next two summers, thanks to…

Alameda County Renews Yu Ming Charter POSTED BY LUCYJAVA ON DEC 9, 2015 | 0 COMMENTS December 9, 2015 Hayward – Trustees of the Alameda County Board of Education voted unanimously to renew the charter for Yu Ming Charter School Tuesday night, drawing cheers from the roomful of parents, teachers and staff members in attendance. The renewal decision comes…

Image by: Becky Wright Mona Andrus pauses before voting to approve the first reading of proposed school boundary changes, during a Davis School Board meeting held on Dec. 1, in the district offices in Farmington. Board President Gordon Eckersley, right, voted against approval. FARMINGTON — Davis School Board President Gordon Eckersley said no matter what decision…