Focus on basics cuts foreign language back
Flailing limbs, choppy syllables and laughter filled a classroom at Wichita's Gordon Parks Academy. Sixth-grade students tried to mimic the actions and words of three gymsuit-clad people performing a
calisthenics routine on a video.This is Lijun Zhu's Chinese class, the Wichita district's only middle-school Chinese program.The Wichita district is expanding its Chinese program at five high schools and at Gordon Parks.



