Jessica Suotmaa is the School Editor at beijingkids and primarily writes about international education, Beijing schools, parenting, and cultural differences. She first moved to Beijing from Los Angeles, CA with her Chengdunese husband, Ray, in 2012. Since then, she’s bounced between Beijing and Los Angeles twice and taken (now) two maternity leaves where she retreated to her family home in Turku, Finland. Follow Jessica’s writing by visiting about.me/jessicasuotmaa

What is the Columbia Reading and Writing Project and how is it different from other programs?”
For our new column, Ask an Educator, we turn to educators, whether teachers, tutors, or…