In general, Mandarin immersion programs do better when they’re in a whole school environment rather than a strand within a school. That said, the Woodstock Elementary Mandarin immersion program is one of the oldest and most popular in the country and families have been moving to the Portland neighborhood for decades to take part, so…

So what happens when immersion kids get to college? Here’s one pathway that’s worth knowing about. The Language Flagship is a public/private program that is an initiative of the National Security Education Program, whose mission is “to develop a pipeline of foreign language and culture expertise for the U.S. federal government workforce.” The focus has…

Centner Academy in Miami has been much in the news of late after reports surfaced that the private school refused to hire anyone who had gotten the COVID-19 vaccine, with the school’s owner falsely claiming being around vaccinated adults might harm children. That’s quite simply untrue. Unfortunately, a previous version of the Mandarin immersion school…

from The Daily News BATESVILLE – The Batesville Community School Corporation (BCSC) is pleased to announce it has been chosen as the 2020 recipient of the Indiana Foreign Language Teachers Association (IFLTA) Wide World Award for Distinguished Dual Language Immersion (DLI) Program, according to BCSC Assistant Superintendent Melissa Burton. “Our Mandarin dual immersion program is…

The State of Mandarin Immersion: April 2021 By Elizabeth Weise As of April there are 331 Mandarin immersion schools in the United States, up from 324 a year ago. That increase of just seven schools is the smallest since 2006, though it of course comes in the midst of a global pandemic which has severely…

From Hawai’i Public Radio Maryknoll School in Honolulu has a new president — and she has a long history with the school.  Shana Tong stepped up to serve as the interim head of school after the previous president, Perry Martin, departed this past summer. Tong’s very familiar with the school — she attended Maryknoll from kindergarten through…

In March, school officials in Phoenix, Arizona notified parents at the Horseshoe Trails Elementary School Mandarin immersion program the popular program would be cut in the 2021-2022 school year. This came as a shock to parents and they began to work tirelessly to keep the now six-year-old program going. The school district has given various,…