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mandarin immersion parents council information for parents of kids in mandarin immersion education skip to content mandarin immersion parents council information for parents of kids in mandarin immersion education contact info mandarin immersion school list mandarin immersion resources buy a parent s guide to mandarin immersion click here for full list of mandarin immersion schools recent posts utah s renowned immersion programs under threat tucson area mandarin immersion school earns a rating private schools with chinese ties nixed in florida california mandarin program makes splash at national conference texas district adds mandarin to retain and recruit students about twitter facebook instagram utah s renowned immersion programs under threat april 22 2026 utah has the best statewide language immersion program in the nation the salt lake tribune parents of students in utah s dual language immersion programs in chinese french german portuguese russian and spanish should be concerned about the utah state board of education s decision to eliminate the entire state team of dli directors and coordinators this is the team of language specialists who since 2008 has worked with international immersion experts to develop language specific curriculum assessments and professional development for dli teachers making utah s dli program a model that has been admired and replicated throughout the world please read more here tucson area mandarin immersion school earns a rating april 20 2026 by tucson local media staff apr 15 2026 updated apr 16 2026 both sunrise drive elementary school and ventana vista elementary school have been named 2026 a schools of excellence by the arizona educational foundation the two catalina foothills school district schools are among 48 public schools across the state to earn the designation this year sunrise drive elementary school under the leadership of principal andrea davidson sunrise drive elementary school serves approximately 490 students in grades k through 5 with families enrolling from across the tucson metro area through open enrollment please read more here private schools with chinese ties nixed in florida march 30 2026 i don t follow the politics in florida nor really the for profit private school market but this is an interesting story about how it s all playing out in florida for the purposes of this blog what s interesting is that the spring education group has 15 mandarin immersion schools 14 in northern california and one in southern california though only a few fit my criteria of kindergarten through at least fifth grade and in case you wondered the motto translates as highest expectations march 27 2026 how will trump s supporters react to seeing school vouchers program increase chinese influence jeff bryant counterpunch in september 2023 republican florida governor ron desantis stunned school choice advocates when he kicked out four private schools from the state s school voucher program the schools offense according to the state s announcement was their direct ties to the chinese communist party which were seen as an imminent threat to the health safety and welfare of these school s sic students and the public the alleged ties were not explained in the announcement what was surprising about the announcement was that florida has long been regarded as being number one in education freedom by school choice advocates and its largely unregulated voucher market along with those of other states has been described as the wild west of school voucher expansions a report on the state s announcement by wftv explained that the governor s decision was likely due to the for profit owner of these schools spring education group controlled by primavera holdings limited which is a reference to primavera capital a private equity investment firm based in hong kong spring education group is one of the largest operators of private schools in the u s overseeing more than 200 schools in 19 states the company s schools are considered prestigious and include stratford school leport montessori schools nobel learning communities and basis independent schools please read more here california mandarin program makes splash at national conference march 23 2026 by neil gonzales contributor december 22 2025 redwood city gazette the redwood city school district s mandarin immersion program made a splash on the national scene recently the spotlight however falls on bilingual education as it continues to contend with long standing challenges including funding concerns and a shortage of qualified teachers last month principal winnie chen of orion alternative school which houses the mandarin program for transitional kindergartners through fifth graders led a well attended training session at the american council on the teaching of foreign languages actfl annual convention in new orleans presenting at a national convention does speak overall to the strength of ideas that are presented in a proposal actfl executive director larry paska said in an interview with the pulse we do get thousands of proposals there are only so many session slots to go around so it s exciting to know that someone who has an accepted proposal and is able to come and present does get that feedback reflected back in their community please read more here texas district adds mandarin to retain and recruit students march 6 2026 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 with the growth of charter schools in the area at the grade school level the district sees immersion as a way to encourage families to stay within the district it s interesting that the spanish program they re launching will start at 80 spanish and 20 english in kindergarten ending at a 50 50 split by third grade however the mandarin program will be 70 english and 30 mandarin for all six years of elementary school that s not a model i ve seen before many schools start at 50 50 and stay there and technically it s not full immersion but i m going to give it to them none the less please read more here happy year of the horse february 19 2026 wishing everyone a joyful new year xin nian kuai le 新年快乐 what does a university mandarin flagship program look like february 6 2026 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 news articles index php view article articleid 12896 https www wku edu chineseflagship https www thelanguageflagship org https www thelanguageflagship org chinese next page blog at wordpress com loading comments write a 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