This is the big one, where new data and ideas about Mandarin immersion programs are presented and discussed. The field has really matured and we know a great deal more than we did when my kids’ school first started its program  back in the Dark Ages (i.e.  2006.) It’s really one of the main go-to…

Hello to all of you who follow this blog. It’s generally directed at parents but I realize that a fair number of teachers and administrators follow it as well. I have a question for you. Is it useful for me to post information for teacher/administrator workshops? They’re not meant for parents, but as a parent…

Dr. Tara Fortune is one of the top experts in immersion and will be speaking in San Francisco on March 5th. You need to RSVP by March 4 so they know how many people are coming. Tara Williams Fortune is an immersion teaching specialist and director of the Immersion Research and Professional Development Program at…

From The Jefferson Star Nov. 27, 2019 Two Jefferson School District No. 251 administrators took a trip to China in October with the hope to build connections with other schools and improve the district’s Chinese immersion program. Chad Martin, superintendent, and Kevin Cowley, world language immersion program coordinator, were the only two Idaho delegates on…

  From the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Dec. 1, 2019 Edmonton school board welcomes Chinese program while others cut ties over concerns about state involvement After tying his sneaker shoelace, Laur An-Yochim jumps back to his feet. Gym is his favourite class, and the fifth-grader does not intend to miss a moment of physical literacy consultant Stacey…

It’s getting to be that time of year, when parents’ thoughts turn to summer programs. For those in the San Francisco Bay area, one option is SkyKids, a long-running Mandarin immersion summer day camp that will be based near San Francisco’s  Japantown this year: https://www.sky-kids.org/mandarin-camps-summer-2020 Last year SkyKids began a summer program in Taiwan as…

Hi All, As someone who makes her living writing for a newspaper, I am a firm and huge believer in intellectual property and copyright. If you write a piece, or take a photo or draw a picture or create music, it belongs to you and not the world. If I didn’t get paid for the…