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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a US-born person of East European descent, and have lived and worked in Russia for years.  I think this charter could be great, if it integrated the best parts of Russian literary, artistic, and academic cultures.

The language piece is kind of secondary to high academic standards, and wanting your child to grow up highly literate.

I'm not sure who the target audience is, though, as there is already a Russian-language school run through the Russian Embassy.  [/quote]
Could you please share more info on this? I thought it only serves embassy kids and not open to the public.[/quote]
The embassy school serves the embassy kids and the kids of some affiliated embassies (like Kazakhstan).  I would not recommend it for regular American kids, even if you get admitted, because it follows the guidelines of Russia's Ministry of Education (as in, it's a regular public school under the jurisdiction and rules of the country's Dept of Education) and prepares kids for entering Russia's colleges, not American schools.

It would be great if this charter worked.  DC suburbs are full of Russian preschools and Saturday schools so demand is clearly there.  When we left the District, at least part of the reason was to be closer to the Russian-language education resources.  Our son attended a full-time Russian immersion preschool in Falls Church until he started K, and our daughter is on track to do the same. [/quote]

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