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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We take Arabic on the weekends, in addition to the fact that my kids are older and would not be a target for this type of school as they generally start with the earliest grades I am not sure I would apply to the school.  Frankly I would worry about the insane gotcha politics that have surrounded Arabic charter schools. [/quote]

Can you give examples of the gotcha politics?  I'm not familiar with that re: Arabic charters.[/quote]

The Khalil Gibran International Academy received grades of 'F' for Student Performance and Student Progress. The charter school has 35 sixth-graders this year, down from 60 when it opened in 2007.

Since it was created in 2007, the Gibran school has had two locations and four principals. Founding principal Debbie Almonstaser resigned months after it opened, saying she was pressured by the city.

She had drawn controversy for allegedly failing to condemn the Palestinian intifada. Almontaser insisted her words and actions were taken out of context.

http://www.wnyc.org/story/123544-blog-controversial-arabic-language-school-close/

No one is allowed to have an honest dialogue about the Palestinian Israeli situation and it taints everything. [/quote]

Very interesting.  And very unfortunate.  What if an Arabic school took the same posture as supposedly Sela is taking, and focus on language and Arabic culture but steering clear of the politics?  Although, as with Sela too I imagine, it is VERY hard to "separate" culture from religion or religion from culture.

I can see how that would be challenging for an Arabic school, but from a "language demand" and employability point of view, Arabic has got to be a huge plus as a language to learn.  I hope an Arabic school can get started.[/quote]

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