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ASU Confucius Institute launches Chinese program in local schools May 06, 2011 The Confucius Classrooms at Boulder Creek, Diamond Canyon and Gavilan Peak will have a joint Confucius Classrooms Celebration at 7:00 pm on Friday, May 6 at Boulder Creek High School.  Boulder Creek, Diamond Canyon and Gavilan Peak students will perform skits, songs, a…

Cherokee School Awarded Two Grants for New Mandarin Immersion Program By Lake Forest School District 67 Yesterday at 11:37 a.m. Cherokee Elementary School has been awarded two grants so far to help fund the district’s new Mandarin immersion program. The Spirit of 67 has generously committed $3,000 to purchase kindergarten and first grade materials written…

If you spend any time looking for books for your kids in Chinese, you’ll quickly run across the website or catalog for Cheng and Tsui, a Boston-based publisher and distributor of materials for learning Chinese, Japanese and Korean. I just got their latest catalog and noticed that they’re marking certain books with a special note…

I just had my second grader home sick for two days and she watched a lot of 5Q Channel and ChildRoad. They’re nice for when you want to give your kids an online or video treat but you’d like it to be something that is educational. Here’s the latest release from 5Q Channel. ChildRoad.com has…

Forest Lake charter school offers Chinese immersion Updated: April 30, 2011 – 9:19 PM A Forest Lake charter school will begin offering a Mandarin Chinese immersion program next year. Lakes International Language Academy, also known as LILA, has traditionally offered only full Spanish immersion classes for its 600 students. But its founders kept the school…

Charter school supporters defend proposed facilities Thursday, April 28, 2011 Last updated: Thursday April 28, 2011, 11:34 AM BY ANDREA HUGHES The Item of Millburn and Short Hills of The Item   display story on 1 page Page 1 2 >> Township resident Yanbin Ma is among a group of area residents who have applied to…

Nice infographic here.