Pomona Unified launches Mandarin-English language immersion class for kindergartners Kindergarten teacher Jie Gao, right, helps Gabriella Carrillo, of Pomona, with her class work in the new English-Mandarin Dual-Language Immersion program at Pantera Elementary School in Diamond Bar, CA, Thursday, August 27, 2015. (Photo by Jennifer Cappuccio Maher/Inland Valley Daily Bulletin) By Monica Rodriguez, Inland Valley…

I’m giving a talk for parents tonight for the Friends of Mandarin Scholars. They’re the parent group for College Park Elementary School, the Mandarin immersion program in San Mateo County, south of San Francisco. Looking forward to it – I spoke at their Gala fundraiser in the spring and it was *quite* the party I was…

Please excuse an earlier version of this post, in which I said the charter had been rejected. Someone had sent me the older articles saying it had been rejected and as I was searching San Jose and not WeiYu, it didn’t immediately pop up. Sorry for the confusion. Yes, there IS a Mandarin immersion charter opening in…

In general, Mandarin immersion programs don’t get this kind of political blow back (though it’s been known to happen.) In a few school districts people have shown up sat school board meetings to protest proposed Mandarin programs, shouting things like “go back to China.” Except in general, MI programs are full of white kids. It’s…

After founder’s ouster, parents and board meet about St. Louis Language Immersion Schools June 24, 2015 10:00 pm • By Elisa Crouch0 Parents, students protest ouster of founder from St. Louis Language Immersion Schools About 25 parents and students held signs expressing support for Rhonda Broussard Read more Founder dropped as leader of St. Louis…

Addition expands Chinese Immersion school in Hadley By SCOTT MERZBACH Staff Writer Wednesday, August 19, 2015 HADLEY — As it begins its ninth academic year, the Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion Charter School will offer a rigorous college preparatory program to its high school students as it opens a new addition that will accommodate more than…

Kindergarten is a huge moment in a child’s life. So imagine if your parents sent you to a school where they teach most of the day in a language you don’t speak, like Spanish or German or Japanese. In California, a growing number of families are choosing schools like this. It’s called dual-language immersion. Reporter Deepa…