Mango for K-12
Mango for New Jersey classrooms
New Jersey packs a rich mix of languages and cultures into a small state, where the family speaking the language your students study may live on the next block. Practice partners here are neighbors.
Standards
Against the New Jersey Student Learning Standards for World Languages
of the framework, courses alone
- 81%
Mango's Spanish course on its own, with nothing added.
with the Guide to Best Practices
- 95%
Counting the 101 lesson plans in the Guide alongside the courses.
Both figures come from a third-party audit by EdGate Correlation Services of Mango's Spanish course at levels 1-4, Novice Low through Intermediate High. They measure how much of the framework the curriculum covers, not student outcomes, and they are not an endorsement by ACTFL or by any state.
Getting it approved
What to attach to a proposal
Two documents are yours to take now, and one is specific enough to New Jersey that you have to ask for it.
The Mango Proficiency Scale
PDF, yours to attach
Level-by-level descriptions mapped onto the ACTFL and CEFR frameworks, so you can state where each course lands in the terms your district already uses.
Download the scaleThe Mango Curriculum whitepaper
PDF, yours to attach
How the K-12 curriculum is built and how it aligns to state and national standards. It carries a dedicated section on alignment to world language standards, which is usually the part a reviewer asks for.
Download the whitepaperYour state's correlation report
On request
The standard-by-standard document behind the figures above. It is not hosted here, so ask and our K-12 team will send the one for your framework.
"The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) guidelines" and "Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) Levels" are the property and/or marks of their respective owners and have no official association with Mango Languages or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates. Neither ACTFL nor CEFR have in any way endorsed, sponsored, or otherwise agreed to partner or be associated with Mango Languages, or the Mango Languages Proficiency Scale, and no such partnership or association is intended or implied.
What districts ask next
What New Jersey districts ask next
Funding and purchasing
The federal programs Mango qualifies under, how districts route it through them, and the purchasing paths that skip an RFP.
See funding optionsTeacher resources
Course Guides, Classroom Guides, the Guide to Best Practices, and the reporting that comes with Mango Classroom.
Browse resourcesImplementation and rollout
Roster sync with Clever and ClassLink, and a consultative rollout shaped around your staff rather than a generic onboarding script.
See Mango ClassroomIn your state
New Jersey districts already running Mango
Their own account of what changed, in their words rather than ours.
Dennis Township School District
New Jersey
One Spanish teacher, 55 minutes a week per class, and a way to keep students practising the rest of the time.
Hoboken High School
Hoboken, New Jersey
A French teacher rebuilt her curriculum around authentic audio, and students started testing her in the hallway.
Hudson County Schools of Technology
Hudson County, New Jersey
Italian instruction moved off the textbook and onto a platform students could use from home.
Looking at another state?
Every state we have a page for, plus the frameworks behind them.