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Spotlight on the Chinese Education Center Elementary School: A Newcomer Program in San Francisco

Annie Laurie Duguay
August 2018

This article shares excerpts from an interview with Victor Tam, principal of the Chinese Education Center (CEC) in San Francisco,

California. Victor Tam has been a teacher and administrator for San Francisco Unified School District for over 25 years. For the past eight years he has been the principal of CEC, a K-5 elementary school that has welcomed newcomer students from Mandarin and Cantonese-speaking backgrounds and has served the Chinese immigrant community in San Francisco for the last 49 years. Also included are guiding questions on serving newcomers for school leaders. 

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