Recent Controversy
In 2008, an editorial in the Vancouver Sun criticized French immersion programs for having become a way for higher socioeconomic groups to obtain a publicly-funded elite track education. Since lower socioeconomic groups and children with learning and behavioral problems have lower rates of participation in French immersion, a situation has developed in which ambitious families prefer French immersion possibly more for its effective streaming than for the bilingual skills it gives to students.
In 2009, an article on Parent Central discussed a view in which a French Immersion school in Oakville, Ontario is encouraging segregation based on gender and ability.
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