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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"This is nonsense. Yu Ying already practices ability grouping as well as tier two tracking. DCI is an extension of YY, with other immersion schools thrown in the mix for sustainability. I don't know which of the immersion schools will control DCI, but I guarantee that because the majority of the space has been designated to YY, YY will have much influence. So enough about the doomsday gloomy inability to group children's academic ability. It's already happening."

It is happening, but the two-tier (AA-white/Asian) tracking at YY has generated painfully bad press for the school, and been highly controversial, hasn't it?  It's not a comfortable subject.  YY is not short on high-SES parents who'd rather see the school do what suburban immersion schools do, take fewer low-SES kids but ensure that those enrolled can and do thrive by the providing necessary inputs, however expensive (e.g. funded immersion summer camps).  [b]I'm one of the few YY parents[/b] convinced that low-SES kids would benefit from having many more bilingual peers to model the language and culture for them, particularly low-SES Chinese-speakers.  My kid often has play dates with one of the few bilingual kids (from a high-SES family) and improves his Mandarin and cultural understanding by spending time with this child's family.  It's not "academic ability" that underpins the two tiers, it's race, class and poor planning.

I don't see DCI on a smooth path to extensive ability grouping because YY is already doing some.  The gap between the low-SES and high-SES kids will grow at the MS level, adding to the controversy.  Too many of the high-SES families don't seem sold on the DCI concept, or city middle schools in general, which concerns me -  they're quietly preparing their kids to take admissions tests for privates, or considering moving.  The problems Latin and Two Rivers have faced in keeping white and Asian kids for HS are not lost on this crowd.  [/quote]

Why would you think you're one of the few? I don't know a single parent that wouldn't agree with you.

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