Hello all, I’ve been writing this blog since 2007 and though COVID shutdowns have slowed it some point, I have no intention of stopping any time soon. I do, however, have a rare request. My oldest daughter, a proud Mandarin immersion graduate, is now in her second year of college at Wellesley and is looking…

From: WRAL Digital Solutions  Participate Learning. While learning a new language can be challenging at any age, studies have shown the earlier a person learns a new language, the easier it will be. Additionally, research shows bilingual people have an easier time with several key brain functions such as reading comprehension, understanding math concepts and…

It’s a heck of a website for Phoenix’ Mandarin Parent Organization, which supports the programs at Whispering Wind Academy from Kindergarten to 5th grade. This year they held their ninth New Year Gala for the Year of the Rat. I especially like the bumper stickers they sell: Check out their website here.

A growing town in North Carolina’s famed Research Triangle of universities and research institutions could become home to not one but two Mandarin immersion schools, one public and one charter. It’s an example of the interest in language immersion and also school districts’ realizing that immersion programs keep families in district. On February 18, 2020,…

Sorell Grow Indianapolis Star March 10, 2020 When the morning school bell rang, students in the halls of the International School of Indiana’s lower school building hurried into their respective classrooms. The elementary classrooms bustled with the sound of students chatting with one another as they get settled in for the day. Unlike other classrooms across the state, these kids aren’t speaking English. In one kindergarten class of about 12 students, Claudia Rodriguez leads the kids in counting.…

Once again, it makes me so envious of Utah and its fabulous, and fabulously articulated, immersion program. Here in San Francisco, they’re busy dismantling the immersion program, which no longer exists in high school and won’t exist much longer in middle school. While in Utah they are strengthening and building their program out. The District…

Even if your children have never set foot in California, if they’re in a Chinese immersion program chances are their education has been guided by Kevin Chang in some way. He has been at the Chinese American International School in San Francisco for 22 of its 40 years. Chang has taught workshops at multiple Chinese…