no system can promise to do well in BOTH languages...children are only at school for 8 hours and unless you divide the time 50/50 students will ALWAYS be exposed to one language more than another.
as a family you need to think what is important for you since everyone's situation is different. if you want more english (because Chinese is already fluent for your child) than I'd go to a school with more english...if however you want the focus to be on chinese (even though your child is fluent) then stick with a school that has a lot of exposure to chinese. being in the States though could possibly make learning English easy because you are exposed to it on a daily level EVERYWHERE - whereas with Chinese you'd only be exposed to it at home and the amount of exposure is negligible in comparison...
if your kid stays till middle school age (where they start using the IB system) then he/she should have no problem adjusting back to the school system in the States (as many are changing to the IB now).  |