The great folks at CELIN, the Chinese Early Language and Immersion Network, have created a searchable listing of Mandarin immersion programs based on my spreadsheet and I wanted to make sure parents and programs were aware of this resource. CELIN is a project of The Asia Society and they’ve got a super helpful website. Their Directory of…

I realize this isn’t Mandarin, but as Mandarin programs are so new we don’t have a lot of long-term data. Spanish is more built out so we have a better sense of how it works. And it does work. -Beth === Fri, Aug 21, 2015, 7:30 am Spanish immersion program marks 20th year Two decades…

BATESVILLE COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORPORATION RECEIVES GRANT FOR NEW DUAL LANGUAGE IMMERSION PILOT PROGRAM Posted on: October 7th, 2015  by Batesville Schools BCSC is first ever Indiana public school district to offer students classroom immersion program in Mandarin Batesville Community School Corporation has been awarded just over $87,000 in grant funds to create a new dual language immersion pilot…

VAIL – Students at Mesquite Elementary in the Vail School District are not just learning a new language, they’re being immersed in it. Every day, these K-2 children are being taught Mandarin, and learning about Chinese culture. “You can hear them count from one to a hundred in Chinese, without even a pause,” said Buni Becker,…

Districts Diversify Languages Offered in Dual-Immersion Arabic, Vietnamese are latest offerings By Corey Mitchell As demand for dual-language-programs surges around the country, school districts are beginning to offer students a broader array of target languages to learn. School leaders in New York City, the nation’s largest district, are expanding their dual-language offerings beyond Spanish and Mandarin to include…

Paradise Valley Elementary students have begun their third year in the Mandarin dual language immersion program. Students who began in kindergarten knowing nothing, are now in second grade having conversations with each other in their new language. The number one rule in the classroom, no English allowed. Students only speak Mandarin as long as they’re in the program.…

In some places, parents who want their district to open a Mandarin immersion program get push-back from residents who suggest it’s all being controlled by China or that Americans should only learn English or that it’s all part of some nefarious plot. I get a surprising amount of hate emails about how I must be a…