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Lake Oswego Review, By Mia Ryder-Marks, Jan. 7, 2023 Starting in September 2023, students at Palisades World Language School will be walking the hallways and chatting with their friends in English, Spanish and Mandarin Chinese. This fall, Palisades will add a Mandarin Chinese language program to its roster, which already includes Spanish, for kindergarten and…
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New England Public Media On a late afternoon in Hadley, Massachusetts, a small crowd of kids and their grown-ups are in the children’s room at the public library, listening to sixth grader Emma Barrett and Belley Barrett, in second grade, read from their new, bilingual book, Sister Detectives. The two sisters illustrated and wrote the…
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From: The Spectrum, St. George Utah LAURA GERSONY USA TODAY NETWORK17 hours ago Jill Landes-Lee is one of the nominees for USA TODAY’s Women of the Year program, a recognition of women who have made a significant impact in their communities and across the country. The program launched in 2022 as a continuation of Women of the Century, which…
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Like many school districts, St. Paul Public Schools in Minnesota has struggled with enrollment decline. But the addition of language immersion programs, which now include Spanish, Mandarin, French, German and Hmong, For the first time since 2018, St. Paul Public Schools’ enrollment decline was barely noticeable. The district schools that have added the most students…
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This might be of interest to teachers and program administrators. The 9th International Conference on Immersion and Dual Language Education will be held October 2-5, 2024 in Salt Lake City, Utah at the Grand America Hotel. Inclusive of all languages, program models, and educational levels, the 2024 conference brings together researchers and practitioners from the U.S.…
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I’ve posted the full list as of February 1, 2024. We’re up to 394 schools in the United States that I’m aware of. If there are schools that aren’t on the list, please contact me. Click here to access the list page. Updates February 2024 ADDITIONS Pacific Academy Private Costa Mesa, CA K – 8…
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SALT LAKE CITY — A legislative committee is recommending no change to how Utah’s dual language immersion program is funded. During a meeting Thursday of the Public Education Appropriations Subcommittee, the chairs announced they recommend retaining the roughly $7.3 million funding for the program that allows students to learn languages such as Chinese, French, German, Spanish and Russian. This…
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