USA: Fewer elementary schools teach foreign languages

[Harold Schiffman]

 Forwarded From:  edling at lists.sis.utsa.edu


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Report: Fewer elementary schools teach foreign languages



Just one in four elementary schools offered foreign-language classes
last year, in part because of NCLB, a trend likely to continue as more
programs are cut amid the economic crisis. That's troubling because it
could put U.S. children even further behind students in other
countries, says Robert Slater, who directs the Defense Department's
National Security Education Program.



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 Harold F. Schiffman

Professor Emeritus of
 Dravidian Linguistics and Culture
Dept. of South Asia Studies
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305

Phone:  (215) 898-7475
Fax:  (215) 573-2138

Email:  haroldfs at gmail.com
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/

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