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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]my family left immersion after last year and I wish we would have done it sooner. I hope they figure out the plan for things soon because the program is suffering. [/quote]

I'm the IPP poster. Part of the issue is only a few of the options have a genuine pedagogy attached, e.g., HB and Montessori. With those you can point to key parameters, identify pathways, distinguish individual progress, and adhere to them. Other options like ATS or Immersion have been more of a concept that were kind of thrown up on the chalkboard to see what sticks in a time of need of moving seats around. With Immersion, a key parameter became a demographic balance that is out of the control of a school system - that's tough and means the program is always expending energy on it. There are other challenges, like finding dual language certified teachers in subjects, for instance, where APS does not really get help from outside world. By contrast in Montessori, at least there's a whole ecosystem of training and certifying educators. [/quote]

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