FEBRUARY 10, 2015 In Delaware, looking for language teachers who ‘don’t really exist’ The Home2 Suites in Dover, Delaware isn’t exactly the Ritz, but it made a strong impression on David Schultz. “I mean, teachers, We’re not used to this.” Schultz says, eyebrow arched. “This” refers to five nights spent at a hotel chain that Wikipedia calls “mid-tier.”…

One of the reasons this was rejected was because the school’s proposed charterl said that after 2nd grade it would only admit students who were proficient in Mandarin. Claire Cunningham, a legal counsel to the Office of Education, found fault with the proposed charter’s language proficiency requirement for children who want to enroll after second…

One board member was especially concerned that it wouldn’t meet the needs of special education students. === County board unanimously denies Mandarin immersion charter school proposal by Barbara Wood / Almanac The San Mateo County Board of Education on Wednesday night, Feb. 4, unanimously denied the Menlo Mandarin Immersion Charter School’s proposal to open a…

A nice info graphic. I speak Swedish, which is in the easy category. Oh well. See the story and graphic here.

At Stough Elementary in Raleigh, students learn in Mandarin BY SARAH BARR The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)January 30, 2015 RALEIGH — Kindergartner Ava Fletcher has been learning Mandarin for just a few months in her classroom at Stough Elementary School. But already she can write her name in Chinese characters, sing songs such as…

Encourage your principal/teachers to fill out the survey listed below. It’s crazy that so many of our programs struggle to reinvent the wheel so sharing curriculum that’s been developed for Chinese and Common Core only makes sense. Though those of you from schools that are part of the national Flagship-Chinese Acquisition Pipeline are ahead of the game here…

Utah language immersion teachers in short supply WEDNESDAY , JANUARY 28, 2015 – 1:45 PM “Elise Taylor and Jake Beus, from the U.S. Institute of languages, pack software into boxes for… By Dana Rimington Standard-Examiner correspondent 2 2 0 It is no easy task getting dual immersion teachers for the Spanish, Chinese, or French programs…