A nice story about Los Angeles’ second Mandarin immersion school, new this year, from our friends over at the Mandarin Institute (formerly the CAIS Institute.)

Broadway Elementary Launches Mandarin Immersion Program Despite Challenges

By Susan Wang, Principal of Broadway Elementary School

With much anticipation, Broadway Elementary School (K-6) launched a Mandarin Immersion Program this fall with 44 kindergarten students. As a Los Angeles Unified School District Principal, I have been working with a group of interested parents since fall of 2009 to make this happen. After about 2 months, most students in our immersion program have gotten over the initial shock of not being able to understand one of their teachers for half the day and have adjusted to both the Chinese language and the new routines.

Read more at The Mandarin Institute