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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Couldn't disagree more.  PP made an obvious point. Kids who need remedial education/intensive ELL support don't belong in the same middle school humanities classes as kids who are really advanced in ELA.  This is a real problem all over the place. No wonder suburban parents in this Metro area in school catchment areas with high numbers of ELLs seek out middle school GT programs. Even Stuart Hobson has offered honors English for the last few years to provide appropriate differentiation. DCI doesn't and should.

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There's this thing called research where people do studies.  They will tell you that you are dead wrong.

I wonder, if your child was the one with a condition that threatened his quality of life (let's say cancer instead of poverty, both devasting conditions that no one chooses).  Would you be OK if your doctor crowd sourced treatment on DCUM instead of doing what research shows to be the best thing?  No, then don' offer uninformed opinions, please.[/quote]

Here's an "uniformed opinion" for you. Grew up in public housing in MA. Gained from test prep for Boston Latin entrance exam provided by a non-profit. Attended Latin and went on to an Ivy and JD. Many former ES school classmates ended up on welfare or in prison. Hate to break it to you, but academic tracking and test-in GT programs can work very well, particularly for kids from low SES backgrounds like myself. Not taking language immersion seriously enough to supplement doesn't work so well. But hey, if the YY and DCI parents don't want to knock themselves out on the Chinese, that's their call. At least they're starting to admit that Mandarin isn't all that important to them. My respect is for the families who go the extra mile for the Chinese.[/quote]

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