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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP -

The truth of the matter is that language is not the only barrier in a high ESOL scenario. These are not kids from homes where parents are reading to them at night although in Spanish.

[b]The kids doing well in MCPS are those with highly educated parents and with families that give importance to enrichment and learning outside of school.  [/b]This is not what is true of the majority of the ESOL kids.

So, yes, MCPS  and the teachers will make a very strong attempt to get them up to speed...but your kid will suffer in the end because standards will be dramatically lowered.

I for one applaud that MCPS will concentrate in teaching curriculum 2.0 to ESOL.  That is the correct thing to do.

Being in a school that is heavily ESOL is not detrimental because of the language barrier ...it is detrimental because of the disparity in socio-economic status and educational level of parents.

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Do you have evidence to back this up or are you just spouting well worn dogma?  [/quote]

Are you kidding?  There is tons of educational research to back up the fact that upper middle class kids succed at a far higher rate due to parental involvement.  It's not just MCPS, it's a generally know researched and document fact.  Feel free to google for the info.[/quote]

Nope, I am not kidding.  Because your statement was a generalization that you tried to make specific to MCPS.  I am not talking about the tons of educational research.  But you said that, in MCPS, the kids who are dong well have HIGHLY educated parents AND who stress enrichment, etc.  You made it a two pronged issue.  My point is that is a generalization that I asked if you had evidence of.  Are those the ONLY kids who do well - because that is how you phrased it.  For example, what if there are two HS grad parents who take their kids to Kumon everyday. How do those kids do?  Conversely, what about two BigLaw partners who are never home but have their uneducated nanny with the kid most of the time?  My point is that the "research" does not take into account the individual school, teacher or student.  And you do not KNOW the personal situations of every student in MCPS who is doing well.

Frankly, one of my DS had a K class that was significantly ESOL.  One day he came home and started saying things in Spanish that he had picked up from classmates.  We were delighted and encouraged it. He is in 9th grade now and has already satisfied his MCPS language requirement.

For the most part, we live in a SES diverse county and MCPS reflects that.  If folks don't like that level of diversity, private school is an option.   My advice to OP is to monitor her specific situation to see how it plays out and then decide accordingly.  But to make decisions on generalities and assumptions is not the best strategy.  [/quote]
Amen![/quote]

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