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[quote=Anonymous]The DC public education market is not Baltimore or Maryland. Stop right there if you're looking to Charm City for examples to replicate in DC. No education reformer in their right mind or with a big wallet would support that. No offense to Baltimore, but just because the majority of kids are black and low-income doesn't mean the systems are comparable.

If you want to stand out in the very crowded education market in DC, try STEAM with language [u]enrichment[/u], not immersion. For example, the Arts part could be music in Spanish or dance in French. Heck, you could offer extended day programs in Latin or Greek.

The problem is teacher staffing. Teaching a non-English language as a subject itself is entirely different than teaching a subject, like math, in a non-English language. The former is plentiful and even available via Rosetta Stone at the public libraries, while the latter skill is really, really hard to attract and retain in this region. For DCPS, things are even worse because of the irrelevant and outdated licensing practices for non-native English teachers.

DC doesn't need more schools per pupil, but it does need better, more competitive programming and more stable infrastructure and facilities planning.

Not saying anything new. To the Eager Beaver marketing booster, do a little more homework before trying to get into the belly of the education reform beast.[/quote]

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