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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most families don't supplement or care about aiming high. [/quote]

Most can’t afford to supplement in the ways mentioned.  Do you think only rich parents care about their kids?  [/quote]

So why choose immersion/partial immersion if you can't afford for your kids to learn to speak a language not spoken at home?  Arguably, low SES DC families shouldn't be encouraged to do this.

I'm not convinced that many of the "rich" parents at DCI are remotely serious about immersion, or academics in general.  Their kids coast, fine by DCI. No advanced/honors/intensified classes in middle school (outside math and, supposedly, language) makes for an easy ride, particularly in 6th and 7th grades.  Things are better in high school, but not by leaps and bounds.  Plenty of unrealistic parents onboard at DCI.
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Just wow. “Low SES families shouldn’t be encouraged to do this.” And I saw your further response justifying this position. Families that are not rich can only take advantage of what’s available in the public school system. If they don’t have the funds to enroll in a better program or supplement, your attitude is that they shouldn’t do anything. Are you for real? Do understand anything about the world other than your own little bubble? Please refrain from suggesting what “low ses” families should/should not do. [/quote]

Knee jerk and unfair response. If DCPS and the DC immersion charters and DCI ran their immersion/partial immersion programs the way MoCo does, the argument wouldn't hold up. Unfortunately, it does. Unlike in MoCo, low SES kids in DC PS immersion are given insufficient institutional support to ensure that the immersion pays off for languages that their families don't speak at home, due in large part to severe charter funding constraints. The kids don't get outside tutoring in the language and other subjects and don't get sponsored to do regular immersion camps in the summers. Misguided DC ed policies and funding decisions diminish the comparative public school immersion and partial immersion experience for all the students. You can't wish these systemic problems away. [/quote]

My main problem with DCI is the bad timing of IB Diploma exams (given in June of senior year) for kids applying to colleges. Most DCI parents don't seem to know or care about the problem. Your kid applies to college without standardized subject test scores unless they doubled up on APs sophomore and junior year, which DCI guidance counselors advice against. That approach might work for colleges that aren't too competitive, but for T20 schools, it's risky business. The "predicted" IBD exam scores DCI teachers give to send with applications seem like a joke. We wound up having our kid take 4 APs independently at other schools in the last couple years, which meant a lot of extra prep (AP curriculum and IBD are somewhat different). We won't know if the effort paid off for another couple months. Buyer beware. Our eldest didn't get into Walls but if your DCI teen does, go. [/quote]

That’s an IB issue, not DCI.[/quote]

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