The Des Moines Register – Mary Stegmeir
“Hoover High School in Des Moines high school is offering Mandarin language classes for the first time this fall…The lessons will serve students well, said Na Pan, president of the Iowa Chinese Language Teachers Association…“It’s a language that will unlock doors for our students in the future,” she said. “If you look at our economy, all of the top 500 companies in the U.S. have manufacturing branches in China.”” (more)