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| Title | Article: Chinese on Menu for Elementary Kids |
| Body | From http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704082104575516082963460938.html Chinese on Menu for Elementary Kids By YULIYA CHERNOVA September 27, 2010 Spurred by separate pushes by the U.S. and Chinese governments, more schools in Greater New York have begun offering—even requiring—the study of Mandarin at the elementary level. Starting this month, Manhattan's New Explorations Into Science, Technology and Math, or NEST+m, replaced Spanish with Mandarin for kindergarten through fifth grades. Some city elementary schools, such as PS 310 in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, have launched Chinese bilingual programs aimed at native Chinese speakers. Others, such as as PS 20 on the Lower East Side, have opted for dual-language programs, where half of the class is fluent in English and the other half is fluent in Mandarin. The programs this year add to about 25 bilingual and dual-language ones that already existed in the city, according to Matthew Mittenthal, city Department of Education spokesman. The rise in Mandarin comes amid increased federal funding for programs that teach it and from school administrators' recognition of China's growing influence in the global economy. Read the full article at http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704082104575516082963460938.html |
| Source | Wall Street Journal |
| Inputdate | 2010-10-09 01:43:39 |
| Lastmodifieddate | 2010-10-09 01:43:39 |
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| Publishdate | 2010-10-11 00:00:00 |
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