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From Quartz. Despite the tenor of this article, one of the things I love about Mandarin immersion is that 83% of Mandarin immersion programs are in public schools, making it an educational option available to all. Beth == Teach your kids Mandarin the Jared and Ivanka way, for $75,000 and up a year When Ivanka Trump’s…

Thanks for the folks at the Utah Mandarin Immersion Parents Council for posting about this exciting research. You can read their post, with a link to the actual research (which you have to pay for, sadly) here.  

Mandarin language immersion schools coming soon to Charleston and Greenville By Paul Bowers pbowers@postandcourier.com Apr 22, 2017 Provided/Hong Lee At East Point Academy in West Columbia, students raise their hands to answer a question. The charter school offers immersion language training in Mandarin Chinese. Hong Lee/Provided A third-grade student at East Point Academy described her…

I recently ran across the web page for the Forest Hills Mandarin immersion program in Grand Rapids, a town in Western Michigan and wanted to give them a shout out. They launched in 2008 and will have their first class enter high school in the fall of 2017. I especially like the “road map” they…

This is an interesting read. I have white friends in Cupertino who sent their kids to private schools because their local public schools were “too intense” for them. So I’ve certainly see this at work. On the other hand, I wonder if racism is exactly the right word. Perhaps culturalism? Perhaps something else? Certainly I’ve…