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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I want it to change, but don't see this happening.  The small bilingual professional community won't take on the YY parents, DCPC or DCPS. We don't want the hard work of educating DC parents, ed reformers and pols about the benefits of dual-immersion, an awkward conversation in a politically loaded environment. Nobody wants the stress or the name calling, not when most of us have access to high-performing DCPS schools. The Chinatown community won't help either - they're just trying to get through the day, with kids at struggling Thompson ES.

Chinese Americans have used their heritage schools to ensure that their kids know their culture and language for generations (e.g. the NYC Chinese Benevolent Society, a giant historic building in Chinatown which served as my dirt cheap summer camp). Chinese do this wherever there are ethnic urban communities, and have only started looking to Mandarin immersion ES programs for help in the last decade.

The vibe get at the school when you visit YY and speak Chinese to your kids (not to show off, but because you don't speak English to them) is the unfair competition vibe. It's very different when you meet friendly YY families who are serious about their kids learning Chinese outside the school. You start sharing notes on software programs, web sites, summer camps and so forth. It's all good.[/quote]

Just to correct, the Chinatown community speaks Cantonese - most don't speak Mandarin.  Don't confuse ELL with bilingualism.  [/quote]

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