Computer scientist and web developer Nathan Yeung is a student at Brigham Young University’s Dept. of Computer Science–but more importantly a dad who was looking for a Mandarin immersion program for his own kids. What he wanted to was a nice interactive map that would let him search geographically for the programs closest to his home, but nothing like that existed. Being a computer scientist, he decided to write one. Using the list of Mandarin immersion schools I keep updated on this site, he sat down and wrote one. Way to go Nathan!
You can see it at ChineseImmersionSchools.com here. He’ll be adding a Submit School feature later. Or you can send email to me and I’ll add it to the database available on this site here. We’re now up to 127 schools nationwide.
His site is hugely useful for parents looking to find a Mandarin program near them. Kudos to Nathan, I’m sure he’ll have many visitors.
It’s also fascinating to see so graphically see the emerging clusters of programs nationwide.
Nathan’s lucky to live in Utah, home to the largest cluster:
There’s also a nice one in the San Francisco Bay area:
And one in the greater Los Angeles area.
Next comes Minnesota:
There’s a developing cluster in New York, but otherwise most areas seem to just have one or two schools.
Mandarin Immersion Parents Council 
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