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  • NJ rejects Mandarin

    Edward M. O’Mara, Village Grande Civic Association To the editor: Recently, Acting Commissioner Christopher Cerf denied the applications to two boutique Mandarin immersion schools . . . Hanyu International Academy (HIACS) and Hua Mei School. We are happy for the taxpayers in Livingston, Millburn, Maplewood, and West, South and East Orange. They have been spared…

  • Brooklyn School to open Mandarin & French immersion next year

    Some Schools Buck Trend Of High Costs By SOPHIA HOLLANDER Enlarge Image Bryan Derballa for The Wall Street JournalWilliamsburg Northside kept tuition low—at $21,850—for its elementary school, which it opened in 2009. The private school also has an infant and toddler center and a preschool. In an age of private school educations that cost up to…

  • Many families “don’t get” value of language immersion

    The Sensitive Subject of Educational Reform Posted: 1/16/12 04:18 PM ET  From the Huffington Post I am a SWISS Trilingual School parent. I am also the director of this small, unfortunately private, full-immersion school in Atlanta, Ga. Currently we are a K-3rd elementary school, and projected to the 12th grade. Most importantly, I am “G’s”…

  • More parents see value in Mandarin language instruction

    Purchase this photo Paul Iwanaga Foreign language immersion program from Language Stars features William Li from Bejing in a play-based program at the Elmhurst Public Library, Jan. 12, 2012. Li gets “five” from an audience member. Staff photo by Paul Iwanaga | snapshots.mysuburbanlife.com/1394381 Posted Jan 20, 2012 @ 02:28 PM Elmhurst, IL — It offers…

  • District 27 Senate Applauds DOE’s Decision To Reject Hua Mei Charter School

    District 27 Senate Applauds DOE’s Decision To Reject Hua Mei Charter School BY Georgette Gilmore  |  SATURDAY, JAN 21, 2012 12:49PM  |  COMMENTS (0)  This release was just sent from the District 27 Senate, which includes Senator Richard J. Codey, Assemblywoman Mila M. Jasey and Assemblyman John F. McKeon, who attended the rally against Hua Mei, the proposed Mandarin Immersion charter on…

  • VIDEO: Chinese immersion programs could be among federal cuts for Beaufort County schools

      By RACHEL HEATON rheaton@beaufortgazette.com 843-706-8177 Published Monday, January 23, 2012 Follow ‘Homeroom’ on Twitter Documents  1st / 2nd Grade BREIBE  Letter to Lindsey Graham and Jim Demint When a visitor enters one classroom at Hilton Head Island Elementary School, 26 first-graders turn toward the door and shout their welcome.”Ni Hao!” That’s “hello” in Mandarin.…

  • More parents demand immersion programs to help children thrive in a global society

    Learning in multiple languages More parents demand immersion programs to help children thrive in a global society Teaching assistant Jiao Yang directs Leo Edward Martinez to the whiteboard during an assignment in Mandarin immersion at Riverview Elementary School in Lakeside. — John Gastaldo Written by Maureen Magee  A kindergartner at Nestor Language Academy, Violet Jaime,…