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| Title | Article: School District to Begin Offering Languages in Kindergarten or First Grade |
| Body | From http://www.startribune.com/106/story/1124670.html Earlier language study gains ground: The Eden Prairie School District could begin offering world languages as early as kindergarten or first grade By Patrice Relerford, Star Tribune Last update: April 17, 2007 – 10:48 AM Every student in Eden Prairie could begin learning a world language as early as kindergarten or first grade in the near future. The potential change comes at a time when some west metro districts have centralized their elementary language programs in immersion programs and largely dropped language instruction for non-immersion students. School board members last week discussed the task force's recommendation to offer world languages as early as kindergarten or first grade. "We felt we were missing a critical opportunity by waiting until fifth grade," said Jean Lubke, Eden Prairie's director of curriculum and instruction. Eden Prairie fifth-graders currently take an exploratory language program at Oak Point Intermediate School. It introduces them to several languages throughout the course of the school year. Read the entire article at http://www.startribune.com/106/story/1124670.html . |
| Source | Star Tribune, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota |
| Inputdate | 2007-04-29 09:30:40 |
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