Education news
Chinese Language Programs in Schools
The Asia Society website contains a lot of information on teaching and learning Chinese in schools: http://www.askasia.org/chinese/
As China's power grows, so do Chinese programs in public schools
At least 27 states offer Chinese language classes in either elementary, middle or high schools. And according to the Center for Applied Linguistics in Washington D.C., there are 12 public and private immersion schools across the country where most subjects are taught exclusively in Mandarin Chinese.
National Security Language Initiative
Jan 5, 2006 President Bush today launched the National Security Language Initiative (NSLI), a plan to further strengthen national security and prosperity in the 21st century through education, especially in developing foreign language skills. The NSLI will dramatically increase the number of Americans learning critical need foreign languages such as Arabic, Chinese ...
