HISD official offers tips on applying to magnet schools By Ericka Mellon December 1, 2015 Updated: December 1, 2015 2:25pm Photo: Todd Spoth, For The Houston Chronicle HISD Superintendent Terry Grier talked with a student during a May 2015 visit to the Mandarin Chinese Immersion School, one of the newest magnet schools in the district. Applications far…

From 800 last year, it now has 1,300 students; expects 200 more by August Sandra Davie Senior Education Correspondent It is not just local parents. Expatriate parents recognise the value of mastering Mandarin, too. The emphasis on Mandarin is one of the reasons why Dulwich College, a renowned British Independent school, which started with 800…

Non-Asian students are increasingly spending their Saturdays immersed in China’s language and culture. AUDREY CLEO YAP NOV 30, 2015 From the mid- to late 90s, I endured Saturday morning Chinese school the way many of my fellow children of immigrants did: with a healthy a mix of indifference and resentment. While my non-Chinese friends spent…

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,…

Summer Institutes for Immersion Teachers CARLA (Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition) offers these popular institutes that are designed specifically for immersion educators (K–12) and immersion program leaders: Character Literacy Development in Mandarin Immersion—NEW! June 20-24, 2016 Presenters: Tara Fortune, Luyi Lien, Haomin Zhang Participants in this new institute will learn research-based methods of…

The ACTFL conference is one of the big language learning conferences of the year and there are lots of workshops focused on immersion. It’s in San Diego this year, so if your schools is nearby, hopefully someone’s going. 2015 ANNUAL CONVENTION AND WORLD LANGUAGES EXPO November 20-22, 2015 San Diego, California (Pre-convention workshops, November 19) INSPIRE.…

Sixth International Conference on Immersion and Dual Language Education: Connecting Research and Practice Across Contexts October 20–22, 2016 Hyatt Regency Hotel Minneapolis, MN, USA Immersion and dual language education continue to evolve as highly effective program models for launching students on the road to bi- and multilingualism and intercultural competence. School-based immersion, bilingual, and dual language programs…