Redistricting inspires Zimmer to seek reelection to school board BY GARY WALKER FOUR MORE YEARS? – Steve Zimmer announced to The Argonaut that he will be seeking reelection to the Los Angeles Unified School District’s Board of Education. (Argonaut photo by Gary Walker) Having faced the possibility of being taken out of the district that…

Subscribe to CARLA Newsletters                  Can’t see the graphics? View this on the web                Conference AnnouncementPlease Post/Distribute Call for Proposals – Deadline extended! Fourth International Immersion Conference Immersion 2012: Bridging Contexts for a Multilingual World October 18-20, 2012 Crowne Plaza St. Paul-Riverfront St. Paul, Minnesota, USA Featured Plenary Speakers Donna Christian, Senior Fellow, Center for Applied Linguistics, USA  Ester…

A fundraiser for the new Mandarin Chinese immersion program dazzled attendees with the sights and sounds and flavors of China. It was Chinese New Year again. The holiday was celebrated on Jan. 23 on our calendar. But parents wanting to raise money for Orange County’s first-ever, public school Mandarin Chinese immersion program, needed a little…

SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Charter school zoning saga continues DATE POSTED: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 5:30 PM EST By Charles W. Kim, Managing Editor Staff photo by Charles W. Kim Members of the audience listen intently as testimony for the proposed Princeton International Academy Charter School continued in front of the South Brunswick Zoning Board of Adjustment…

Wahkiakum County Commissioner Lisa Marsyla will not seek re-election, saying she needs more time for parenting. Marsyla, who has an adopted daughter from China, said in a prepared statement that she has a “wonderful opportunity to potentially enroll my daughter in a Mandarin immersion program, which, if accepted, would take us outside the county several…

Immersion decisions a concern BY MARTIN L. JACOBS , Feb 23, 2012 (2 Reader comments)   I am writing this because I am concerned about the Lake Oswego School Board’s decisions about language immersion programs in the Lake Oswego schools. We moved to Oregon in 1965 with four small children. When we came to the area we…

From the  Chinese Language Initiatives Team Asia Society News and Opportunities from the Field 2012 National Chinese Language Conference: The program and speaker line-up is now online! This year’s NCLC will be packed with expert and helpful sessions on immersion and early Chinese language learning, technology and innovation in language education, arts and culture, plus…