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  • Texas district adds Mandarin to retain and recruit students

    The Fort Bend Independent School district, southwest of Houston, is launching seven new programs “in the 2026-27 school year as a part of its Fort Bend Redesign program aimed at retaining and recruiting students as district growth stabilizes.” The district has faced declining enrollment in the past decade as newer residential communities reach full built-out and…

  • Happy Year of the Horse

    Wishing everyone a joyful New Year. Xin Nian Kuai Le! 新年快乐！

  • What does a university Mandarin flagship program look like?

    There’s one in at Western Kentucky University, here’s some info. Some of the flagship programs have been discontinued, but this one is going strong. Something to think about as your students start thinking about college. https://www.wku.edu/chineseflagship/ https://www.thelanguageflagship.org/ https://www.thelanguageflagship.org/chinese

  • Newly-updated Mandarin immersion school list for 2026

    We’re up to 396 Mandarin immersion schools in the United States that I’m aware of. The link is here. And if any of you happen to be fluent (or at least conversational) in WordPress, I could really use 15 minutes on the phone to figure out why the links in the left hand sidebar no…

  • Where Language Meets Opportunity: Inside an Arizona Mandarin Immersion Program

    Sun Times March 18, 2025 For local families seeking a premier dual-language education, Scottsdale Unified School District (SUSD) offers an unmatched opportunity. The district’s Dual Language Immersion (DLI) program for Mandarin, housed at Desert Canyon Elementary and Desert Canyon Middle School, is not just an educational experience—it’s a cultural journey that prepares students for a…

  • California schools that need foreign workers for teacher jobs can’t afford new visa fee

    By Sophie Sullivan and Alina Ta, CalMatters, Dec. 14, 2025  There is a new cost to hiring an international worker to fill a vital but otherwise vacant position in a California classroom: $100,000. In September, the Trump administration began requiring American employers to pay a $100,000 sponsorship fee for new H-1B visas, on top of already required visa application fees that…

  • A look at an Australian Mandarin immersion school

    From: The Australian Broadcasting Corporation Why are non-migrant families sending their children to bilingual schools? Nyssa has never been to China. She hasn’t even stepped foot in Chinatown.  But when the 6-year-old is with friends at school, she speaks Chinese. “It’s like I know how to speak every language in the world,” she said. Nyssa…