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Oddly, whites seem to be allied around here with Hispanics and want Spanish. But if you didn't really like Latinos why would you want to learn their language? Makes perfect sense.[/quote]

I have found that the Latino families' desire to have dual language often differs by income. Additionally, less Latino families want dual language when they see the data and the HUGE gaps in performance in English AND Spanish between Latino students andWhite students. Even at some of the so called gem dual language schools it is disheartening to see White students at 96% proficiency and the Hispanic students at 33% proficiency (which also contains a HUGE gap between Hispanic males and Hispanic females). There is some truth that in DC the families that benefit most from dual language schools are the White families and that is mostly because DCPS does not fully fund and support the dual language programs much like they don't fully fund and support a lot of ward 8 and ward 7 schools. [/quote]

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