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  • Congrats to Oregon

    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…

  • Some new Chinese apps at the App store

    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, Minn. school adds Mandarin immersion

    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…

  • NJ Mandarin parents speak up for proposed 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…

  • Why learning Chinese is a good idea

    Nice infographic here.

  • More on the NJ Mandarin charter

    Mandarin Chinese-English charter school seeking zoning board variance Wednesday, April 27, 2011 By Carmen Cusido STAFF WRITER SOUTH BRUNSWICK — A proposed Mandarin Chinese-English charter school that has drawn fire for seeking to draw students from the West Windsor-Plainsboro, Princeton and South Brunswick school districts has chosen a location in Middlesex County. Princeton International Academy…

  • Why Mandarin (and other) charters are hard to get through

    Charter Schools in Suburbia: More Argument Than Agreement So-called boutique charter schools are raising concerns about costs and specialized curriculums in some suburban enclaves By John Mooney, April 25 in Education |2 Comments This report is part of a joint project between NJ Spotlight.com and the Patch.com network of community news sites to provide both…