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[quote=Anonymous]^^ Yes, we all know it's illegal, the question is why and what, if anything, can be done about it while our children are of public school age. All that can be done is wait for a new, larger generation of high-SES parents in PS to lobby for selective admissions?

There are a good number of other US cities with high minority populations running G/T programs city-wide, and selective admission charters, including the language immersion variant.  Even Baltimore and Atlanta do this.  I'm only in the research stage on the issues.  But I like your insightful list, thanks for that.  I'm inclined to agree with the not-so-inspiring sequencing you lay out.

What we're talking about are new gray areas.  If DCI supports the extensive ability grouping, and language proficiency grouping, pps predict, many middle-class families will be attracted, strenghtening the school.  But then the core, tacit DC charter mission of primarily serving low-SES AA children at almost every charter will have been watered down.  Will a political backlash result, like the one in Fairfax emanating from TJ's decision to allow a larger than normal size group of low-SES kids to enter several years ago, leading to a dramatic increase in the percentage of students doing remedial work (8% to nearly 20%)?  Almost certainly so.  The lengths the Cantonese-speaking poster is willing to go to ensure that his or her kid learns Chinese, YY or no YY, is telling.  Stay tuned.

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