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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yay for 2 way immersion!  It values what non-English speakers can bring to schools!  We should view these kids as a tremendous resource, not a burden as non-english speakers are often viewed![/quote]

If they cost more money, they are a burden.   No other country gives free lessons like the US does.  You just immerse and get grades or you learn the language before starting school there.[/quote]

It's interesting that you can only conceive of non-english speakers as people who suck from the system.

I conceive of them as kids who have something really valuable to offer the system -- their fluency in their native language.  How great it would be to have my kid in a class of 30 kids, half of whom are native English speakers and half of whom are native Spanish speakers.  All of them will be taught English and Spanish explicitly and spend 1/2 their class time speaking each language.  They will grow up fluent in 2 languages -- what a huge benefit in today's world!

Will this "cost more"?  Well, I'd be willing to bet that it will cost less to educate an non-English speaking student in a bilingual classroom, than it does to send them off to special ESOL-only programs where they don't learn English very well because they are segregated and they are falling behind in their grade because they are pulled away from regular instruction.

If you can create different immersion entry points at different grades, you can probably create a lot of opportunities for both Spanish and English speaking students.  [/quote]

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