Parents of a Howell Public Schools fifth-grader have found a way to continue a Chinese language class that the district's curriculum committee canceled.

The ever-growing awareness of China as a global economic force has other Michigan school districts offering Chinese language and culture classes to their students.

Lansing, Van Buren, Traverse City, Berkley and Lamphere school districts have classrooms where students spend half the day learning in English and the other learning in Mandarin Chinese, officials said. …

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