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  • Lake Forest Ill. Mandarin meeting moved due to snow

    The meeting about Mandarin at Cherokee Elementary originally scheduled for Jan. 12 has been moved to Jan. 19 due to snow. More on the schedule change here. More here about the new program:   Program Overview   Lake Forest School District 67 is very proud of its first year implementation of theMandarin Immersion Program for kindergarten…

  • New Orleans Mandarin immersion accepting applications until Friday

    International School Algiers campus is taking applications for Mandarin Chinese program until Friday Published: Monday, January 09, 2012, 4:20 PM     Updated: Monday, January 09, 2012, 4:22 PM The Algiers campus of the International School of Louisiana is accepting applications until Friday from families wanting to join its first kindergarten class to be taught in Mandarin Chinese. The…

  • 6th grade Mandarin openings in San Francisco

    The Mandarin immersion program of the San Francisco Unified School District will graduate its first 5th grade class this spring, and the first year of middle school Mandarin will begin in Fall of 2012 at Aptos Middle School. The program at Aptos will consist of  four classes in English (English, Math, Science, Art/Music/PE) and two…

  • Beaverton, Oregon Mandarin immersion charter enrollment open now

    Hope Chinese Charter School Hope Chinese Charter School (HCCS) is a public elementary school providing a bilingual education in English and Mandarin Chinese. The HCCS immersion program challenges students in all academic subjects while also giving them high proficiency in two world languages. Open Enrollment Begins in January 2012 Our open enrollment period is January…

  • Some reasons why there’s opposition to New Jersey’s proposed Mandarin immersion charter school

    Some useful background on the issues behind opposition to New Jersey’s proposed Mandarin immersion charter school. In the Suburbs, Charter Schools Raise Concerns About Local Control Can a local school district block a charter from opening or refuse to fund it?  print | email | share By Marilyn Joyce Lehren, January 9, 2012 in Education |1 Comment Credit: Marilyn Joyce Lehren Lili Meddahi, a…

  • Long-time supporter of Mandarin immersion new Palo Alto school board president

    New school board president a veteran of education wars Former probation officer, lawyer, got hooked on schools as a Jordan parent by Chris Kenrick Palo Alto Weekly Staff Photo Taking the gavel for the second time, new Palo Alto Board of Education President Camille Townsend says she spends a lot of time “poring over research” to…

  • Anti-charter, Mandarin, rally big in New Jersey

    Rally Brings Out Supporters and Local Officials in Favor of Charter Reform and Against the Proposed Hua Mei Charter BY Anna Sandler  |  SATURDAY, JAN 07, 2012 7:45AM  |  COMMENTS (0)     Speaker is Assemblywoman Mila M. Jasey For residents of Maplewood, South Orange and West Orange, the news that their school districts might be getting a…