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Dual-immersion in the neighborhood McPolin will hold a meeting at the school on Dec. 15 Megan Yeiter , The Park Record Posted: 12/13/2011 04:42:12 PM MST Several parents and community members are concerned about McPolin Elementary School’s dual-immersion program, which is set to be implemented next year. According to Park City School District Director of Curriculum…

After a lengthy public hearing and discussion Monday, the Portland school board is poised to decide Thursday whether to approve the metro area’s first public French immersion school. Backers of the proposed Le Monde Public Charter School want to open a 400-student full immersion French language school in Southwest Portland next fall. They would start with…

Hua Mei Charter School Makes First Cut in Latest Review Proposed charter school would draw students from West Orange By Karen Yi Email the author December 13, 2011      Charter schools are inching ever closer to West Orange. The charter school application for Hua Mei, a Mandarin-immersion school that would draw students from West Orange, is one…

58 Kindergartners Apply to Learn Chinese An early enrollment period nets nearly five dozen signups for for the county’s first public Mandarin Chinese immersion program, scheduled to start next fall in Capo Unified. By Penny Arévalo Email the author December 12, 2011      Fifty-eight kindergartners signed up for the county’s first public-school Mandarin Chinese immersion program…

Applications Being Accepted for Mandarin-Immersion Program by Jonathan Volzke Dec 10, 2011 | 192 views | 0  | 1  |  |  The early application period is underway for the county’s only public-school Mandarin immersion program. The early application period will allow advocates a full semester to fundraise and establish support for the new program, which will be housed at Marian Bergeson Elementary School in Laguna…

California public kindergarten focuses on Chinese language instruction English.news.cn   2011-12-10 10:08:36 by George Bao, Xue Ying LOS ANGELES, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) — Robert Icart is an African American who has never been to China, but he decided to send his 5-year-old son to a public school which conducts 90 percent of its teaching in Chinese…

  Brain drain reverses course, flows away from America   By Chris Taylor, Reuters NEW YORK — Derek Capo was living the high life. He was in his early 20s, an analyst at hedge fund Everest Capital monitoring international equities, and soaking up the weather and nightlife of his hometown of Miami. But looking ahead,…