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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Right, you are missing the point.  It isn't about Chinese or Spanish or French.  It has nothing whatsoever to do with the language learning.  It has to do with the idea that you have separated out students who seem to be struggling and put them all together into one class.  What kinds of experiences are these students receiving in the lower track?  Socially, emotionally, academically, there are no peer models for high expectations. [/quote]

Oh, good grief.  It's more important to keep them in the same class (and have them continue to struggle, and fall farther and farther behind) than it is to do everything possible to make sure them actually learn the material?  That is just silly.  And that's the nicest thing I can say about it.

And don't you think the kids know they're struggling in the immersion class?  What's that doing to their self-esteem?

The ironic thing is that if YY had done just what you suggest - keep them all together - the kids would have continued to struggle, and continued to get farther and farther behind.  That would do their futures far more damage in the long run - they'd lack the essential building blocks needed to further their education.  (And I'd bet dollars to donuts that in that situation you'd be screaming about how YY failed these poor students.)

It would be great if we could just wave a magic wand and have all kids learn at the same (high) rate.  But mine is broken - can we borrow yours?  [/quote]

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