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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow I’m so glad that I can send my kids to an immersion school. Not only is it a great fit for us, but it keeps out ignorant parents who don’t understand immersion or how the mind works.

- middle class non-white special needs parent who is so happy these idiots are scared of foreigners. [/quote]

Immersion is good for some kids but not all, this obsession with immersion is new. What about the future, what about new schools that focus on STEM, Coding, Computers, tech etc at a young age. It is a fad, you don't see schools in Finland doing this, yeah if it is a good fit for you great but don't impose it on schools who maybe don't want it. If immersion was so wonderful  schools like CHEC and students from Bancroft would have amazing scores, they don't many of the EL population born in the US struggle in DCPS because of low literacy in English and speaking Spanish at home, not the same I know but for some students they never master proficiency in writing and reading in any language well and that includes Latinos born in US. IF you are high SES of course it is a different story because you have inbuilt support but for struggling communities is this the best we can offer. Overall test scores at DCPS are atrocious compared to the rest of the country, immersion is not the solutions - the rest of the country is not behind the curve they are ahead of it, DCPS central is always trying out new initiatives to increase the population of the schools they don't care as much about the kids and the community. Shiny new buildings, Immersion, etc . [/quote]

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