What happens to kids who start in Mandarin immersion in Kindergarten when they hit high school? And once they’re through, what happens in college? There’s precious little data out there about what options our kids have in high school and what it means for them in college. There aren’t many programs that have gotten to…

For immersion parents who don’t speak Mandarin we’ve written a two-part series looking at Mandarin from a linguistic perspective, exploring what makes it easy and what makes it challenging. Our hope is that by helping parents understand some of the linguistic features of the language they can better help support their language learner   Our new online Recommended Chinese Reading…

I love the Internet. You can find anything (well, most things) there, and things you never thought you’d find. And people spend tremendous amounts of time and thought writing up answers to questions you’ve always wondered about Just Because It’s Cool. Take this blog post, “The Battle of the First Grade Chinese Textbooks: China vs.…

在IFS，我们通过在“贵格教育”体系下构建现代、沉浸式、以及多语言的环境，帮助我们的学生养成意志坚强的习惯，从而在日后成为个性鲜明、拥有高沟通技巧和跨文化理解能力的世界公民 At International Friends School we create habits of strong heart and mind through Quaker education in a modern, immersive, multilingual environment. Our students have the character, communication skills and cultural competency to meaningfully participate as world citizens. On five stunning acres in downtown Bellevue, the International Friends School opens its door this fall to…

So glad you asked… The good people at Education Week recently published an article on that very topic. Response: Everything You Wanted to Know About Dual Immersion But Were Afraid to Ask By Larry Ferlazzo on February 17, 2018 8:32 AM The new “question-of-the-week” is: What does “dual-immersion” mean? Is it different from bilingual education?…

Close to 200 students to graduate from Norquay elementary program this year John Kurucz / Vancouver Courier MARCH 14, 2018 10:09 AM Norquay elementary’s Early Mandarin Bilingual Program began in 2011, and now the first students to enrol are graduating. Photo Dan Toulgoet Sashaying across an East Vancouver classroom floor, about a dozen elementary students…

Many districts are seeing enrollment dropping. It’s interesting to see how kids coming from immersion K – 8 charter school bolster enrollment in the St. Paul, Minn. schools. curious if other districts see this pattern as well.  St. Paul schools’ K-12 enrollment down slightly this year By JOSH VERGES | jverges@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer Press December…