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  • 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,…

  • Venice, Calif. MI students celebrate the Spring Festival

    Broadway Elementary in Venice Celebrates Chinese New Year Students in the Mandarin Immersion Program at Broadway Elementary in Venice celebrate the Year of the Dragon. (A tip o’ the pen to Patch, AOL’s local news organization. They’re doing some of the best local coverage of immersion programs nationwide. If there is a Patch blog in…

  • The Growing Alternative To English-Only Education

    Immersion Programs Offered In English, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, French By Alyse Shorland POSTED: 1:35 pm PST January 25, 2012
UPDATED: 5:34 am PST January 26, 2012  Email  Print 0 comments At Monday’s debate in Florida, Newt Gingrich said this week he supports English as an official language of the United States: “I think it is essential…