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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To be equitable, access to dual language schools should be available to everyone who wants it.

Native speakers will get a boost, but all English-dominant students should have an equal shot.

Dual-language is wildly popular in the city, but has detractors and is hard to make work within a neighborhood school structure. Make all of these opportunities city-wide schools, with entrance via the lottery, the way the immersion charters are.

It's the only fair thing to do. [/quote]

You have chosen to live in a capitalist society, dear.  Thus, there is no true equity in education.  I suggest that you educate your children in a socialist country if you’re truly seeking equity because it’s not happening here.

Oyster has been a neighborhood bilingual school for almost 45 years—the first public language immersion school in the DC Metro.  The school has thrived, in large part, because of its affluent IB population.  DCPS has resisted calls to make Oyster a citywide language immersion magnet for decades.  It would be wise for it to continue to do so.  DCPS really needs to keep its hands off one of its few successful (and diverse) schools.

Language immersion charter schools are the citywide schools you’re looking for—not Oyster.[/quote]

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