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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maury ES will offer Chinese starting Fall 2015 (continuing and adding to Brent's program it took over). Seriously fabulous idea to focus Miner in that direction, too. The two schools are 4 blocks apart and both feed to Eliot-Hine. Please don't make the homeless population some sort of guide. All schools around here do a fantastic job tending to many homeless children.

As for "immersion", I'm not entirely convinced. Maury started to draw families with a PS3-4 "immersion" Spanish program in about 2008 (it was in its infancy and therefore called "exposure" program). When time came to try to move it to full immersion as kids grew older, as is the case for Tyler, the plug was pulled. For the better I think, because there was no denying it that it divided the community at the school. With a sample of N=2, I would say Maury's experience compared to Tyler's demonstrates this was the right approach. Then again, in both instances, the "immersion" part, temporary or not, was a pivotal contributor to the school's success.[/quote]

Really? Where did you hear this? Have they made an official announcement?[/quote]

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