Why are so many families interested in Dual Language?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:In DC, dual language programs are a way of sorting schools by economic status without violating the law. It's how middle class families find one another and minimize the presence of at-risk kids.

Ick, right?

This is hilarious. Sure, let’s go dual language because everyone wants to avoid at risk kids. Of course that’s everyone’s top priority. It can’t be that it’s important to be bilingual in today’s diverse society and for all the reasons previous posters have stated. No, no way are those the reason.......

It's virtue signalling for sure, and many old school DC (read black) families aren't interested in languages.

You sound like an unrepentant idiot. Please leave Black people out of your nonsensical posts.

Seriously. We’re a black family paying for private immersion (no lottery luck), but we know black families at LAMB and other immersion charters—some are actually proficient or even fluent the immersion language, imagine that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In DC, dual language programs are a way of sorting schools by economic status without violating the law. It's how middle class families find one another and minimize the presence of at-risk kids.

Ick, right?

This is hilarious. Sure, let’s go dual language because everyone wants to avoid at risk kids. Of course that’s everyone’s top priority. It can’t be that it’s important to be bilingual in today’s diverse society and for all the reasons previous posters have stated. No, no way are those the reason.......

It's virtue signalling for sure, and many old school DC (read black) families aren't interested in languages.

You sound like an unrepentant idiot. Please leave Black people out of your nonsensical posts.

Seriously. We’re a black family paying for private immersion (no lottery luck), but we know black families at LAMB and other immersion charters—some are actually proficient or even fluent the immersion language, imagine that.

Oh, and most of the families I know are IB for Deal, including us, so it’s definitely not a strategy for avoiding poor families or schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In DC, dual language programs are a way of sorting schools by economic status without violating the law. It's how middle class families find one another and minimize the presence of at-risk kids.

Ick, right?

This is hilarious. Sure, let’s go dual language because everyone wants to avoid at risk kids. Of course that’s everyone’s top priority. It can’t be that it’s important to be bilingual in today’s diverse society and for all the reasons previous posters have stated. No, no way are those the reason.......

It's virtue signalling for sure, and many old school DC (read black) families aren't interested in languages.

You sound like an unrepentant idiot. Please leave Black people out of your nonsensical posts.

Seriously. We’re a black family paying for private immersion (no lottery luck), but we know black families at LAMB and other immersion charters—some are actually proficient or even fluent the immersion language, imagine that.

Oh, and most of the families I know are IB for Deal, including us, so it’s definitely not a strategy for avoiding poor families or schools.

Oh come on. The percentage of poor kid at "immersion" charters with only a tiny number of native speaking kids rivals that of JKLM, Brent etc. Mandarin obviously works a charm to help UMC parents avoid sizeable cohorts of poor families. I understand why this happens, and don't judge parents for voting with their feet to overwhelmingly high SES peer groups, but denying this reality is just silly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In DC, dual language programs are a way of sorting schools by economic status without violating the law. It's how middle class families find one another and minimize the presence of at-risk kids.

Ick, right?

This is hilarious. Sure, let’s go dual language because everyone wants to avoid at risk kids. Of course that’s everyone’s top priority. It can’t be that it’s important to be bilingual in today’s diverse society and for all the reasons previous posters have stated. No, no way are those the reason.......

It's virtue signalling for sure, and many old school DC (read black) families aren't interested in languages.

You sound like an unrepentant idiot. Please leave Black people out of your nonsensical posts.

Seriously. We’re a black family paying for private immersion (no lottery luck), but we know black families at LAMB and other immersion charters—some are actually proficient or even fluent the immersion language, imagine that.

Oh, and most of the families I know are IB for Deal, including us, so it’s definitely not a strategy for avoiding poor families or schools.

Oh come on. The percentage of poor kid at "immersion" charters with only a tiny number of native speaking kids rivals that of JKLM, Brent etc. Mandarin obviously works a charm to help UMC parents avoid sizeable cohorts of poor families. I understand why this happens, and don't judge parents for voting with their feet to overwhelmingly high SES peer groups, but denying this reality is just silly.

PP here. Read what I wrote again. It’s not a strategy for avoiding poor people for the families I know.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In DC, dual language programs are a way of sorting schools by economic status without violating the law. It's how middle class families find one another and minimize the presence of at-risk kids.

Ick, right?

This is hilarious. Sure, let’s go dual language because everyone wants to avoid at risk kids. Of course that’s everyone’s top priority. It can’t be that it’s important to be bilingual in today’s diverse society and for all the reasons previous posters have stated. No, no way are those the reason.......

It's virtue signalling for sure, and many old school DC (read black) families aren't interested in languages.

You sound like an unrepentant idiot. Please leave Black people out of your nonsensical posts.

Seriously. We’re a black family paying for private immersion (no lottery luck), but we know black families at LAMB and other immersion charters—some are actually proficient or even fluent the immersion language, imagine that.

Oh, and most of the families I know are IB for Deal, including us, so it’s definitely not a strategy for avoiding poor families or schools.

Oh come on. The percentage of poor kid at "immersion" charters with only a tiny number of native speaking kids rivals that of JKLM, Brent etc. Mandarin obviously works a charm to help UMC parents avoid sizeable cohorts of poor families. I understand why this happens, and don't judge parents for voting with their feet to overwhelmingly high SES peer groups, but denying this reality is just silly.

Why are you making an inaccurate assessment of all immersion charters based on just one specific school? It’s obvious previous poster is not talking about YY and your reason is not why they chose DL. The overwhelming immersion charters in this city are Spanish based and families who choose it are due to all the reasons stated in this thread. In addition, they have a much higher at risk than the schools WOTP and in Capitol Hill.

Are there some families who might choose it to avoid at risk kids, sure. But it’s far from the overwhelming majority. To say that it’s the main reason for the majority of families choosing DL charters is just not true.





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