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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Less than half of students at DCPS are at grade level in English, so introducing another language in early elementary for the cognitive benefits of bilingualism is not going to happen anytime soon.[/quote]
I am confused by your response.  There are many children in DC public schools (DCPS and Charter) who are learning a second language for the cognitive benefits of bilingualism already.  On the other hand, I agree that it might not be the right choice for all students, as there are many who need further support in the basics.  Not all children are starting from the same place and growing up in the same environment, and they have different needs.  But this should be obvious.[/quote]

I don't know anyone at our immersion charter who is there bc of the "cognitive benefits of bilingualism" as their primary reason.   Most are either escaping an unacceptable IB school, their family has ties to the immersion language and/or they want their child to learn the target language.

While there probably are families who don't care about what language their kid is learning and send them solely for the "bilingual advantage", I've never met anyone where the target language does not matter.  I agree with you that people have different needs and that's why some people prefer Spanish, Mandarin, etc but to not care about the language but want to pursue immersion solely for the  cognitive benefit seems weird.  But then I have strong preferences.

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