A Portuguese Town Is Making Mandarin Mandatory For Eight-Year-Olds To Gain A Foothold In China © AFP Patricia de Melo MoreiraThe small industrial town of Sao Joao da Madeira, Portugal’s shoe capital which specialises in luxury models, has now made Mandarin compulsory for its 8- and 9-year-olds Lisbon (AFP) – Five hundred years after the…

Redwood City, Calif. is launching a Mandarin immersion school next year. They’ve got a nice blog up talking about why it’s a good thing for the school, the families and the district.  Worth taking a look at it if you’re trying to sell your program. MIIRWC –  Mandarin Immersion in Redwood City, serving Redwood City…

Mandarin programs growing: Redwood City Elementary School District latest to add immersion course offerings November 24, 2014, 05:00 AM By Angela Swartz Daily Journal Community demand, along with the fact that more than a billion people in the world speak Chinese, has been the impetus for more language programs in its predominant dialect Mandarin in Peninsula schools.…

Year two of Mandarin Chinese Immersion Program begins in Naselle By NICK NIKKILA Observer correspondent Published:November 4, 2014 4:46PM Chen Sha Naselle school welcomes new Chinese teachers NASELLE — A Mandarin Chinese immersion program successfully launched at Naselle-Grays River School District for kindergarten and first grade students last year is expanding to include second grade.…

Marco Polo Academy scrapped – but what does this mean for school places in Barnet? The project for the new bilingual Chinese and Englishs school was heavily supported – but the DfE said it was not ‘inclusive enough’ The project for the new bilingual Chinese and Englishs school was heavily supported – but the DfE…

HISD okays Arabic immersion schools By Ericka Mellon November 13, 2014 | Updated: November 13, 2014 9:33pm (Houston’s also got an amazing Mandarin immersion school, more here.) The Houston school board granted approval Thursday for the district to open one of the nation’s first public Arabic immersion elementary schools. The new school reflects Superintendent Terry Grier’s push to…

Menlo Park School Board rejects bid to create a Mandarin immersion charter school By Rhea Mahbubani Daily News Staff Writer POSTED:   11/14/2014 05:58:58 AM PST1 COMMENT UPDATED:   11/14/2014 05:59:36 AM PST The Menlo Park City School Board this week unanimously rejected a petition to establish a charter school where the core curriculum would…