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Learning Chinese is new craze at American schools  By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 5:58 PM on 21st April 2011 Chinese is now the language du jour for parents who want their children to learn a second – and sometimes third – dialect. The sudden rise is likely due to the economic growth of…

I had no idea there were so many videos up about the various immersion programs nationwide. Barrington Illinois program, beginning in 2011: Excelsior Elementary, Minnetonka, Minnesota XinXing Elementary, Hopkins, Minnesota College Park, San Mateo County

Officials weigh possible charter school challenge Wednesday, April 20, 2011 BY ANDREA HUGHES The Item of Millburn and Short Hills of The Item Superintendent of Schools James Crisfield will host an open discussion on the process of charter school applications Monday, May 9 at 7:45 p.m. in the Millburn High School auditorium. The public can…

Proposed Mandarin-Immersion Charter School in Jeopardy The school needs zoning approval and an occupancy permit from South Brunswick by June 30; charter official says district cares more about money than children. By Greta Cuyler | Email the author | April 19, 2011   new   The September opening of the Princeton International Academy Charter School…

At the tours for the Chinese Language Conference in San Francisco last week, Wendy Cheong, with the San Francisco Unified School District’s Multilingual and World Languages department shared the current SFUSD standards for Mandarin immersion students. She has kindly made them available to parents as well. Please note that these are works-in-progress. As our program…

UPDATE 4/16/2011: The folks at ChildRoad are making a special, limited-time offer available to MIPC readers. Use the promotion code “fun2read” when you sign up and you’ll get a 50% discount. Also note that the first month is always just $1, to give parents a chance to try out the side (50 cents if you…