Mandarin Immersion Parents Council
Information for parents of kids in Mandarin immersion education
recent posts
- Where Language Meets Opportunity: Inside an Arizona Mandarin Immersion Program
- California schools that need foreign workers for teacher jobs can’t afford new visa fee
- A look at an Australian Mandarin immersion school
- British Columbia’s Mandarin immersion program to be cut
- An NPR story about Yu Ying Public Charter School in Washington DC
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The U.S. government has implemented a $100,000 feet for H-1B visas, which are meant for highly skilled workers coming to the United States. The previous fee was around $7,500. Will this impact Mandarin immersion programs? Possibly, but it’s not clear how many teachers come in on these visas. In the past, many districts made use…
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Tim Hurley was part of the beginning cohorts of students in our Mandarin immersion program in San Francisco. For years he ran a really great bicycle camp for kids and of course he’s been to China with families from Starr King Elementary and other schools. So he’s a great guy to organize this. They’ve got…
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No English allowed: Inside Honolulu’s bold new classrooms Story by Sandy Harjo Livingston HONOLULU (KHON2) — In classrooms across Honolulu, bilingual education is reshaping how students learn, connect and see the world. At Kamehameha Schools, Maryknoll School and St. Louis School, language is more than a subject. It’s a tool for global citizenship and cultural understanding.…
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The Mandarin immersion program at the school is also expanding, from one class per grade up to three per grade, beginning with its transitional Kindergarten next year. From the Redwood City Pulse by Neil Gonzales / ContributorSeptember 15, 2025 10:38 am Orion Alternative School in Redwood City recently garnered top honors for its programs, particularly the…
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Note that San Francisco Unified says it’s going to create its own K-8 Mandarin immersion school, which parents have long advocated for. Read about that here. San Francisco Chronicle, 8-26-2025 The San Francisco school board Tuesday unanimously rejected a parent-led effort to open a Mandarin immersion charter school in the city, angering families tired of…
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From: The Verona Press The Verona Area International School (VAIS) was recently named #7 in Wisconsin Elementary Schools and #2 in Wisconsin Charter Elementary Schools for 2025 by U.S. News & World Report. VAIS is a public, tuition-free charter school founded in 2010 as a Chinese immersion school. Located at 400 N. Main St. in…
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For your summer reading pleasure, here’s a great and fascinating story about a long-lost Chinese typewriter that was discovered through Facebook. Several outlets picked it up: The New York Time, NPR and a nice video. You can also read about it in the Stanford Report. And should you want to really go down a rabbit…
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