Reply to Will the PCSB move to force LAMB to back-fill after PK4?

Forum Index » DC Public and Public Charter Schools

Reply to "Will the PCSB move to force LAMB to back-fill after PK4?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]

For a DC public school, 24% is pretty well off.  Not to mention, how exactly is it a handicap to be an ELL native Spanish speaker in an immersion environment where the target language is Spanish?  If anything, one could argue it's an advantage.  So that point goes right out the window.   Couldn't find the SpEd data, but MV looks a lot like LAMB.  MV has slightly lower ELL, but much higher FARMS.  Stokes has similar ELL and very much higher FARMS. 
------------------------
I have seen firsthand that being an ELL native Spanish speaker is a disadvantage in LIFE in the United States. (I am a parent of a former ELL child at LAMB). Being able to understand your teacher for the Spanish portion of the day in school is nice. But far worse than not understanding your teacher for half the day is the fact that an ELL kid is not able to understand the following main aspects of American culture: other kids, the parents of other kids, activities in English, casual interactions in stores, TV, radio, English language tests, etc.  These aspects of American culture are all fundamental to being able to live and succeed in the US.

LAMB was founded as a dual language school with the intent to serve Latino (and other populations) that needed a high-quality public school to boost educational levels. Dual language education has been demonstrated to more effectively teach ELL students than monolingual English education. The LAMB model is intended first and foremost for disadvantaged native Spanish speakers - it has the added bonus of teaching the English speaking kids Spanish.  So, I don't think you should say that it is not a handicap to be an ELL native Spanish speaker at any school, LAMB or otherwise....it is precisely because it is a disadvantage to be ELL (anywhere) that LAMB was founded to support these kids.

Also, ELL tends to be a marker of lower SES status, although that is not always the case. Lower SES and lower educational levels of a child's mother disadvantages children educationally.  
[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics