Utah Does Immersion

I think most people believe that there's usually something strange going on in the state of Utah. This week, there most definitely is.

This article explains that the Utah State Legislature approved a bunch of cash for dual-immersion language programs in schools. What's that, you may ask? It's an innovative program that teaches kids half the time in their native language, and half the time in the foreign language. That's some serious language immersion, and the programs are for elementary on up to high schools. Kids can choose from Chinese, Russian, Arabic, French, Spanish, and Navajo. If I had started learning Chinese in kindergarden, well, I just don't know what might have happened. Either way, this could be a great model of language education in the years to come.