A Mandarin School in Minneapolis

First-graders from left, Brianna Heidkamp and Alice Lind-MacMillan intrepret Chinese language cards in class. The school has tripled its enrollment since opening, with the student body now standing at 300.
Jeffrey Thompson for TIME

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First-graders from left, Brianna Heidkamp and Alice Lind-MacMillan, intrepret Chinese language cards in class. The school has tripled its enrollment since opening, with the student body now standing at 300.

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