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| Title | Article: Foreign Languages Fall as Schools Look for Cuts |
| Body | From http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/13/education/13language.html?_r=1 Foreign Languages Fall as Schools Look for Cuts By WINNIE HU September 11, 2009 After years of expanding language offerings, suburban districts across the New York region are now cutting back on staff and instructional time, phasing out less popular languages, and rethinking whether they can really afford to introduce foreign tongues to their youngest students while under constant pressure to downsize budgets and raise achievement in English and other core subjects. But such cuts have dismayed and frustrated some educators and parents, who say that children need more, not fewer, foreign language skills to compete in a global marketplace. Read the full article at http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/13/education/13language.html?_r=1 |
| Source | New York Times |
| Inputdate | 2009-09-13 10:22:15 |
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