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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]The sociology behind race-baiting and blaming others for our challenges in life[/b]....  Maybe we should start a new thread to explore the topic.[/quote]

I don't thinik it's fair to characterize concerns about the impact of an enormous and fairly rapid influx of non-English speaking immigrants (legal or illegal) on a school system as race baiting or blaming others.  If you have a school contending with a 30% increase in FARMS students (as is my local elementary), an overwhelming number of whom are non-native English speakers and ESOL students, over the course of the last 5 years, it has serious consequences for the delivery model of education.  That's a fact.  The result is that the education of all suffers.  That's a fact, too.  Look at the test results at schools where this is a reality.

The issues are complex and it's as much about the educational delivery model as it is that many of these students not only learning English as they try to tackle subjects like math and social studies, but that many are from lower SES and don't necessarily have the support for education at home to thrive in school.  That's a fact, too (I am a former social worker in MoCo and I know of what I speak in this regard).    What might work in Bethesda or Rockville or Clarksburg is not working in the DCC, for example.

And I'm going to guess by your post that your local school doesn't face these challenges.  The only people who seem to be dismissive of these issues as racist / race baiting are people who A) don't have to deal with this - their DC is in a very strong school or private or B) don't have kids.  Parents in the DCC of ALL backgrounds are concerned about this issue.  [/quote]

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