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[quote=warrenox][quote=Anonymous]Listen, I think it's all very pie in the sky to say that immersion benefits at risk kids.  At Tyler, they kick kids out of immersion if they're too unruly (or SpEd) because they don't want to scare/alienate the upper middle class white families.  As MULTIPLE pps have said, in actuality, dual immersion programs ADD to segregation, they don't decrease it.  At Tyler, white parents still woudn't be caught dead with their kids in the 'traditional' program. [/quote]

Have these MULTIPLE people provided any statistics to support those claims?  Everyone can have an opinion, but not everyone has a informed opinion.  I've backed up my comments with professionals who support those claims.  Where is your proof that dual immersion adds to segregation aside from your supposition of what white parents at Tyler are doing?  You're putting everything in a racial context when it really may be about parents wanting what is best for their child.

Are the "traditional" programs working?  Do you have dead white parents that can testify to this or is this all hyperbole?

Playing the race card isn't going to help any of the students; finding solutions together is the best option.

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