Two things to know about this. First, this San Francisco mom probably isn’t aware that back in 2006, the San Francisco Unified School District specifically created the Mandarin immersion program at Starr King and Jose Ortega elementary schools to bring in a more diverse student body. The schools had primarily African-American and Hispanic student bodies,…

Fulton schools hope to profit from teaching Mandarin By Will Robinson   STEVE SCHAEFER Kailey Gillespie identifies shapes with the help of an iPad during her Mandarin immersion math and science class at Oakley Elementary School. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC Posted: 12:00 a.m. Tuesday, February 28, 2017 Oakley Elementary School does not just…

From The Lansing State Journal RJ Wolcott, LANSING – Putting aside the remnants of their breakfasts, the students inside Room 128 of Lansing’s Post Oak Academy formed a circle around their teacher, Yu Qiu. If the group of fourth-graders was feeling the Monday blues, they weren’t showing it. Several sprang from their chairs, eager to join in on…

BY KATY BERGEN kbergen@kcstar.com OCTOBER 26, 2017 11:39 AM On a recent morning in Overland Park, Kan., at a school next to a horse pasture in the middle of the country, a kindergartener raised his hand and asked to go to the bathroom — in Mandarin Chinese. Students sang a Chinese song about family as…

STUDENT-CENTERED, PROJECT-BASED MANDARIN LEARNING Published on October 17, 2017 Jamie C.H. Gao FollowingFollowing Jamie C.H. Gao Mandarin Lead Teacher for Middle School and PBL Lead at Yuming Charter School FROM THE “BEST” CHINESE BOOKS TO STUDENT-CENTERED, PROJECT-BASED MANDARIN LEARNING IN MY CLASSROOM by Jamie Chiahui Gao “How can I encourage my children to read more…

You all know I’m a huge proponent of reading for pleasure as a way to build vocabulary, gain a better grasp of academic language and just generally become a more educated human being. And that goes for Chinese, too. Some researchers who look at reading for pleasure (and please, note the pleasure part of this.…

I don’t have personal experience with this school but it sounds like a fair number of families from immersion programs have sent their kids. They’re holding information sessions in San Francisco and Palo Alto next month, but you can also just check out their website. Or click the link below, which goes to a full…