Mandarin Chinese immersion classes to debut in Cabarrus district Language program will start next year at Cox Mill Elementary By Lisa Thornton Correspondent Posted: Friday, Feb. 20, 2015 Rising kindergartners in Cabarrus County Schools will have the option next year to learn the majority of their lessons in Mandarin Chinese instead of English. The new…

Friday, January 9, 2015 – 6:39am World Language Immersion Expands for 2015-16 School Year By Kelli Steele Next fall, more than 2,300 kindergarten through third grade students will be enrolled in Governor Jack Markell’s World Language Expansion Initiative, as six more schools across the state begin offering students the opportunity to participate in an elementary immersion…

At Stough Elementary in Raleigh, students learn in Mandarin BY SARAH BARR sbarr@newsobserver.comJanuary 30, 2015 Facebook Twitter http://platform.twitter.com/widgets/tweet_button.62da0a34306f5c17db7d290755ed1d7d.en.html#_=1424405915168&count=vertical&dnt=false&id=twitter-widget-0&lang=en&original_referer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newsobserver.com%2F2015%2F01%2F30%2F4517869_at-stough-elementary-in-raleigh.html%3Frh%3D1&size=m&text=RALEIGH%3A%20At%20Stough%20Elementary%20in%20Raleigh%2C%20students%20learn%20in%20Mandarin%20%7C%20Education%20%7C%20NewsObserver.com&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newsobserver.com%2F2015%2F01%2F30%2F4517869%2Fat-stough-elementary-in-raleigh.html http://platform.twitter.com/widgets/follow_button.a5bbbb7216610af1306d56b0f28a67d7.en.html#_=1424405915173&dnt=false&id=twitter-widget-2&lang=en&screen_name=newsobserver&show_count=false&show_screen_name=true&size=m Google Plus More LINKEDIN REDDIT YOUTUBE E-MAIL PRINT ORDER A REPRINT OF THIS STORY Chinese language immersion kindergarteners Matthew Sullivan, left, and Robert Sawyer, right, each turned to look for approval from their two teachers after…

Currently students just go through 5th grade and then have to wait until high school to take Mandarin again, when they enter into the same non-immerson system used for students not coming from immersion. Not ideal. Palo Alto school board backs Mandarin immersion program expansion Jordan Middle School could host new pilot program by Elena Kadvany /…

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…