Lottery Issue + Language Immersion Format + Homeschool/Co-Op Inquiry

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
3. How many PK/K hours per day or week is Mandarin taught at Thomson? How many at Creative Minds? Do ANY other schools offer Mandarin on a regular basis? Are there any new Mandarin programs on the horizon?

Thomson --
PK gets Chinese exposure. The teacher comes into the classroom every few weeks to teach an age appropriate lesson, but its not year-round.

Kinder gets Mandarian once a week as a special like music or PE.

Doesn't Eaton offer Mandarin as a regular special?

Yes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not buying it. Self-serving studies that fly in the face of common sense deserve to be ignored.

This is the precise thing that's wrong with America now. People who consider themselves educated feel free to ignore facts that don't fit their preconceived ideas.

PP, you are the problem.

If you think "studies" are wrong, fine. Ask PP to cite sources and then read the studies, look at peer review comments and meta analysis. Engage as an educated person. Critique specific issues and/or try to understand whether the lessons from previous studies apply to the specific population being discussed.

You can start with the 40 or so studies cited here

http://www.sde.ct.gov/sde/lib/sde/PDF/Curriculum/Curriculum_Root_Web_Folder/BenefitsofSecondLanguage.pdf


More are cited in this book
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Effects_of_the_Second_Language_on_the_Fi.html%3Fid%3DTZMEemWIlyEC&ved=2ahUKEwjbh9Cnx_PYAhVO9WMKHdlzBgcQFjAUegQIBhAB&usg=AOvVaw1sdc9Og3-kovPKdYQHTCk3