Tuesday, November 20, 2007

USA Today: As China booms, so does Mandarin in U.S. schools

Here's a nice article from USA Today about the growth of Mandarin education in the US that focuses on SF's Starr King ES. Check out the accompanying slide show with lots of pictures from the school:

"Chinese isn't the new French - it's the new English"
Children at Starr King Elementary School in San Francisco learn science and math in Mandarin and spend just one hour a day speaking English in the classroom. Mandarin language prograsm in schools in the USA grew more than 100% in the last two years

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