San Francisco’s public school leaders will explore teaching Mandarin as part of a student’sdaily curriculum in elementary schools for the first time, in an effort to encourage students to learn more than one language.

The San Francisco Unified School District Board of Education on Tuesday unanimously supported a proposal to study the feasibility of introducing Mandarin into the general education of elementary schools, likely at two schools initially. If successful, district leaders will look to implement Spanish instruction in the same way.  Read more..

 Are you learning or teaching Mandarin?  Check out these resources!

World:Guanxi Resource Center of the San Diego County Office of Education

Guardian Teacher Network has resources for pupils and teachers to help with learning and teaching Mandarin Chinese.