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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wonder if they could make it work through the elementary boundary study to have a two-way Spanish immersion school in every region, with space for a class of out-of-bounds kids in every grade who could lottery in?[/quote]

Interesting idea, but isn't part of the issue that the initial data on the TWI model (as implemented by MCPS) isn't great?[/quote]

They should absolutely fix the implementation issues identified in the report but the data is kind of ridiculous and not a reason to abandon the model. They should also speak with the families involved to better understand the issues[/quote]

Yeah, I'm not advocating they abandon the model, but I'm not sure the data currently makes the case for expanding the model.[/quote]

Where is the OWI data that makes the case for expanding the OWI model?[/quote]

Good question.  AFAIK, MCPS does not make that data available.  At the same time, the long, long waitlists provide some inkling that they are valuable.[/quote]

If you make TWI programs lottery based then you'd consider them "valuable" as well[/quote]

In the sense that it would be a choice instead of being forced on people?  Yes.  But TWI has potential for learning just as OWI does.  Proper implementation and the resources needed to do that are an issue, though the resource problem applies to OWI, too, even if the challenges are a bit different.[/quote]

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