'Au revoir' French, 'ni hao' Mandarin

Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson's vision of teaching the Chinese Mandarin language in the schools is gaining steam...

'Au revoir' French, 'ni hao' Mandarin
Detroit News, July 28 2007

School to offer Chinese program, Gov. Riley: Similar programs should be established throughout state

Gov. Bob Riley, who also visited Baldwin County on Thursday for an Eastern Shore Chamber of Commerce luncheon, helped school officials announce the new program in a small ceremony following the chamber event. Riley said it should be a long-term goal to establish more of these programs throughout the state...

School to offer Chinese program
Everything Alabama News, July 15 2007

Schools look East for ideas

Leaders trek to China to build support for Mandarin programs

Leaders from several local school districts are packing their bags for China this weekend to get a taste of the culture and language of the world's most populous country...

Schools look East for ideas
Palo Alto Daily News, June 23 2007

School board OKs Mandarin immersion choice program

Mandarin will be taught in the Palo Alto Unified School District after all.

The school board on Tuesday night voted to deviate from its earlier course and begin a three-year pilot Mandarin immersion choice program in the fall of 2008....

School board OKs Mandarin immersion choice program
Palo Alto Daily News, June 7 2007

Students face challenge of Chinese

As China grows on the world stage, students in Orange County are being prepared to encounter the language spoken there...


Students face challenge of Chinese
OC Register, June 1 2007

Mandarin World of the Future

LONDON - All Britain's 250 specialist language schools have been told they should put Mandarin on the curriculum as "the language of tomorrow", a senior government adviser said yesterday...


Mandarin World of the Future
New Zealand Herald, May 25 2007

Teachers of Mandarin to be recruited from China

Teachers of Mandarin are to be flown in from China to give lessons to English secondary school pupils...

Teachers of Mandarin to be recruited from China
Daily Mail, May 24 2007

Mandarin immersion activist appointed to county board

Grace Mah, the force behind the effort to bring a Mandarin immersion program to Palo Alto schools, was appointed to a vacant seat on the Santa Clara County Board of Education this week...


Mandarin immersion activist appointed to county board
Palo Alto Daily News, March 30 2007

URI, China in education partnership

In Rhode Island, Bryant University also has a Confucius Institute, which promotes and strengthens educational programs and cultural exchanges between students in the United States and China. There are 150 Confucius Institutes around the world...



URI, China in education partnership
The Providence Journal, March 19 2007

Mandarin programs see swell in number of U.S. students

An increasing number of U.S. students are taking Mandarin classes in public and private schools as China gains prominence as a global power...


Mandarin programs see swell in number of U.S. students
Inside Bay Area, March 19 2007

Seattle Schools Get a Taste of Mandarin

Two whirlwind weeks after her arrival in Seattle, Zhu Dan's students can count to 10 in Mandarin, pronounce the Chinese names she gave them and sing a song about Chinese New Year to the tune of "My Darling Clementine."...


Seattle Schools Get a Taste of Mandarin
The Seattle Times, March 2 2007

Federal grant to fund elementary grade Mandarin lessons

Students in the fifth and sixth grades at the Howe Magnet School in Schenectady will be the first to begin what school officials hope will be the citywide availability of lessons in Chinese Mandarin...


Federal grant to fund elementary grade Mandarin lessons
The Buisiness Review, February 16 2007

Charter School says 'Ni Hao' to Chinese

New Discoveries Montessori Academy students are saying, “Ni hao” to a new teacher this month. The phrase means, “hello,” ...


Charter School says 'Ni Hao' to Chinese
Hutchinson Leader, January 24 2007