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Dear Friends, The Mandarin Institute in conjunction with STARTALK will offer a K-12 Chinese Teacher Preparation Program to teachers from the U.S. and the Greater China area. It is an unparalleled opportunity for new Chinese language teachers and teachers who are new to teaching in US classrooms, to gain concrete classroom experience teaching American students.…

By Andrea Hughes Buy this photo of The Item Millburn Board of Education members stated their opposition loud and clear regarding the applications for two charter schools that could draw students from the district. Applications for two Mandarin-themed elementary level charter schools, Hanyu International Academy and Hua Mei Charter School, have been submitted to the…

From Patch The Board of Education will urge New Jersey school leaders to deny applications for two Mandarin-immersion charter schools in Livingston. Voting unanimously, the board members hope a letter – now in draft form – will persuade Acting Education Commission Christopher Cerf to deny charters for Hanyu International Academy Charter School and Hua Mei…

A production crew  from China Central Television was filming at Starr King Elementary school in San Francisco on Friday. The focus of her story was on “the rise in Mandarin immersion programs in the United States,” says Rachel Silverman of CCTV. The story should air in the coming weeks. We’ll post a link to it…

The Columbia Anthology of Chinese Folk and Popular Literature Edited by Victor H. Mair and Mark Bender Paper, 800 pages, 1 map ISBN: 978-0-231-15313-3 $37.50 May, 2011 Cloth, 800 pages, 1 map ISBN: 978-0-231-15312-6 $105.00 / £72.50 In The Columbia Anthology of Chinese Folk and Popular Literature, two of the world’s leading sinologists, Victor H.…

From the Lake Oswego Review Board should vote ‘si’ or ‘shide’ for Spanish, Chinese immersion program By Sarah Howell , May 19, 2011 SUBMITTED FILE PHOTO The Lake Oswego School District’s Mandarin PreK immersion program, shown here during a special program earlier this year at Palisades Elementary School, is providing valuable language experience to students…

Just found this web site by a group of families working for immersion near Silicon Valley. ===== About Multilingual Kids Bienvenidos! Ni Hao! Welcome!  We’re a group of San Carlos, Belmont, and Redwood Shores families who are interested in increasing the language learning opportunities for our school-aged children.  We are advocating for Spanish and/or Mandarin language immersion…