Once again, it makes me so envious of Utah and its fabulous, and fabulously articulated, immersion program. Here in San Francisco, they’re busy dismantling the immersion program, which no longer exists in high school and won’t exist much longer in middle school. While in Utah they are strengthening and building their program out. The District…

Even if your children have never set foot in California, if they’re in a Chinese immersion program chances are their education has been guided by Kevin Chang in some way. He has been at the Chinese American International School in San Francisco for 22 of its 40 years. Chang has taught workshops at multiple Chinese…

Leigh Guidry, The Daily AdvertiserPublished 10:25 a.m. CT Feb. 16, 2020 Zhaoting Xia sits at the front of her classroom at Cpl. Michael Middlebrook Elementary School in Lafayette, facing a group of kindergarteners while holding a basket of fake fruit and veggies in her lap. The 29-year-old teacher holds paper copies of Chinese currency and invites kids…

February 28, 2020 marks the 15-year anniversary of the first class of 5 students that Sharon Huang held in her Maplewood home in 2005. As an international marketing executive and a mother of then 1-year old twins, Sharon understood the importance of global skills and the need to begin this learning as early as possible. Since…

The Asia Society’s Center for Global Education has a nice page of videos showing teachers teaching in Chinese classes across multiple grades. Even if you don’t speak Chinese, it gives you a flavor of what goes on in these classes, with some English commentary on the teaching interspersed. And if you’re a parent contemplating a…

From: The DC Line Feb. 3, 2020 When Vanessa Bertelli moved with her family from Shanghai to Washington in 2010, she was sure her children would have access to dual language education. It is, after all, the nation’s capital. A child of a bilingual family, Bertelli grew up in Switzerland speaking English and Italian, surrounded…

Whether your students are in school or doing school from home, the Moon Festival is almost upon us. For folks who didn’t grow up in families that celebrated what’s properly called the Mid-Autumn Festival, here’s a little background. The Moon Festival is a traditional celebration held on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month…