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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DCI is a gem. Language immersion, fantastic teachers, great kids. Not sure what the odds are for the lottery though....[/quote]

Don't agree.  We aren't interested in DCI, though our little kids are fluent in one of the target languages.  Charter language immersion in DC isn't strong overall, at least not compared to the burbs.  There are too few native speakers (particularly at Yu Ying), too many teachers who don't know what they're doing, many low-performing kids and little academic tracking.   The International Baccalaureate Diploma Program at DCI's high school will be optional, which doesn't bode well for the school.  I predict an IB Diploma pass rate higher than Banneker's (around 15%) but nowhere near Richard Montgomery's in Bethesda (90+%, among the highest of the world's 4,000 IB World schools) or Washington-Lee's in Arlington (85%).

As long as DCPS and DCPC do not team up to attract the strongest language immersion students to DCI, the school can only be so good.  The best public language immersion students in the city are from Oyster, the only true dual immersion language school in DC, and far and away the best.  As constituted, DCI is destined for mediocrity in a big way, like its feeders, though I'm sure some graduates will do very well nonetheless.  [/quote]

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