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From http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--backtoschool-lang0901sep01,0,4680795.story

American schools go global - in French, Chinese, Spanish, Creole

By VERENA DOBNIK
September 1, 2007

Four new dual-language programs are starting in New York City this fall for the first time: three in French, including one in Harlem, and one in Chinese.

The new programs are part of a growing national trend to teach American children subjects like math, social studies and science in a foreign language. This fall, several hundred thousand youngsters across America are headed to taxpayer-funded classes taught in Spanish, Hebrew, Haitian Creole, Korean, Russian and other languages.

Read the entire article at http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--backtoschool-lang0901sep01,0,4680795.story .

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