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About PIACS
Founders give presentations at information sessions in public libraries, companies, and schools as well as web conferences. See schedule for time & locations.
Click here for a copy of the presentation.
About Charter Schools (Charter School 101)
Founders prepared this presentation to give basic facts about charter schools.
Click here for the presentation.
Founders prepared this clarification about the charter schools' funding sources and their impact on local property taxes.
Click to read it in either English or Chinese.
All Students Achieving through Reform Act
If you haven't already, please take a second and email your Members in support of
the bill (click here),
which would authorize significant new ways to support replicating and expanding
charter schools each year.
Language Education, Specifically Mandarin
Rep Rush Holt (NJ 12th District) writes why foreign language education is important
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rep-rush-holt/why-foreign-language-educ_b_127588.html
Ambassador John Huntsman (former Gov of Utah) discusses the importance of young Americans learning Mandarin
http://asiasociety.org/video/education-learning/hon-jon-huntsman-languages-bridge-future
Asia Society on the needs for 21st Century Education
http://asiasociety.org/education-learning/policy-initiatives/national-initiatives/key-ingredient-missing-21st-century-educa
Overview of the National Strategic Language Initiative (NSLI)
http://www.ed.gov/about/inits/ed/competitiveness/nsli/nsli-faq.pdf
Initial NSLI Report from the on enhancing language proficiency in the U.S.
http://www.ed.gov/about/inits/ed/competitiveness/nsli/nsli-preliminary-results.pdf
"What Business Wants" - Report from the Language Flagship
http://www.thelanguageflagship.org/images/documents/what_business_wants_report_final_7_09.pdf
Language Immersion
Frequently Asked Questions about Two Way Immersion (TWI) answerd by the Center for Applied Linquistics
http://www.cal.org/twi/faq.htm
Excerpt from "Pathways to Multilingualism: Evolving Perspectives on Immersion Education"
http://books.google.com/books/multilingual_matters?id=8-m18W6zTK0C&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_v2_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q=&f=false
What Parents Want to Know About Foreign Language Immersion Programs
http://www.cal.org/resources/digest/0304fortune.html
Inquiry-based Learning
How to Bring Our Schools Out of the 20th Century
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1568480-3,00.html
Other Immersion Schools in the U.S.
Chinese American International School (San Francisco, CA)
Founded in 1981, CAIS is one of the earliest and most successful privately run Mandarin Chinese Language Immersion programs in the U.S.
http://www.cais.org/
Starr King Elementary (San Francisco, CA)
A public Mandarin Chinese Language Immersion school started in 2006.
http://www.starrkingschool.org/programs/mandarin-immersion/
Minnetonka PS 276 (Minnetonka, MN)
This public school immersion program started in 2007 offering a choice of Mandarin or Spanish Language Immersion.
http://www.minnetonka.k12.mn.us/ACADEMICS/IMMERSION/Pages/default.aspx
Woodstock Elementary (Portland, OR)
The Elementary School Mandarin Immersion Program is part of the K-12 Flagship Program between the Portland Public Schools and te University of Oregon.
http://casls.uoregon.edu/ppsflagship/en/elementary.php
Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion Charter School (Hadley, MA)
The first Language Immersion Charter school in Massachusetts, started in 2007.
http://www.pvcics.org/
A related article about the Massachusetts BoE approval of the PVCICS Charter application.
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2007/02/27/state_poised_to_ok_school_for_chinese_immersion/
ShuRen International School (Berkley, CA)
A private elementary school founded in 2008 pursuing Chinese Immersion and an International Baccalaureate (IB) Curriculum.
http://www.shureninternationalschool.com/
The Yinghua Acadamy (Minneapolis, MN)
The first Mandarin Chinese Language Immersion Charter School in the United States and the first Mandarin Immersion School in the Midwest.
http://www.yinghuaacademy.org/
Yu Ying Charter School (Washington, DC)
A public charter Chinese Language Immersion elementary school with an International Baccalaureate (IB) Curriculum.
http://www.washingtonyuying.org/
The Global Village Academy (Aurora, CO)
A public charter language immersion school offering both Mandarin and Spanish Immersion programs for K-8.
http://www.globalvillageacademy.org/
The YingHua International School (Princeton, NJ)
Founded in 2007, YHIS is the only Chinese Language Immersion School in the greater Princeton area and has a International Baccalaureate based curriculum.
http://www.yhis.org
XinXing Academy (Hopkins, MN)
A public school Chinese Language Immersion Program
http://www.hopkins.k12.mn.us/schools/xinxing-academy
