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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'll bite. 
We actually choose a lower rated school (according to great schools) b/c we wanted immersion.  When I reviewed the stats for a child in my DS's demographic, he was just as likely to well at the school we enrolled him in as in the other more highly rated school.

I don't think I am sacrificing anything and he is gaining the ability to speak a second language which he could not get at home.

I am not sure what thread you are referencing but I am sure there are parents who would rather their child be in a lower rated school than being the "only" diverse child in their classroom.

Also remember the lower rating does not always mean a lower level of instruction.  It simply means there are more kid struggling academically which reflects in the test scores and school rating.  As long as there is differentiation it is likely that a smart child in a lower rated school really isn't missing much from an education perspective and that a struggling child probably has acces to more resources.

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NP - We also chose a lower rated school b/c we wanted immersion.  DC1 did fine at that school, but after a few years we recognized that the quality of education was a significantly lower level of instruction.  It doesn't really matter too much for him because he's a self directed learner and on the high achieving end of the scale so we could make a lot up by supplementing at home but when it came time to decide on a school for DC2 we went with the better quality of education.  DC1 will be swapping over to the other school next fall and while I'm sad to be losing the immersion it's not worth it to stay in a school where the teachers have a hard time teaching the basics in English.  We went in with high hopes but were forced to recognize that when the school administration is mainly focused on just getting their students to show up to class the level of instruction is going to suffer.  Differentiation was promised, but rarely happened and my child asking "why are the brown kids always causing trouble?" was NOT what I was hoping for when it came to learning about how to deal with diverse populations.[/quote]

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