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by jtsnow 4665 days ago
The public school system in Utah provides language-immersion programs where students are taught regular subjects (math, geography, etc) in a foreign language for half the day. The elementary school nearest me offers Mandarin Chinese.

The system still may be prison-like and focused on standardized testing, but learning a foreign language at a young age is a nice benefit I'll be considering for my kids.

For reference: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/20/us/language-programs-flowe...