He said, I've had to import thousands of foreign teachers because they're all insisting that Korean children have to learn English in elementary school.

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Ninety-seven percent of elementary schools have begun English instruction.

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Kids in elementary school are focusing on English and math to keep in line with standards set by No Child Left Behind.

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He told me his biggest challenge in education wasn't budget holes, it wasn't crumbling schools -- it was that the parents were too demanding. (Laughter.) He's had to import thousands of foreign teachers because parents insisted on English language training in elementary school.

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When Randy McDuff, one of the Warren Buffetts Next Door, vacationed in Cancun this winter he walked past a K-6 elementary school advertising classes in Spanish, English, and Mandarin and it got him wondering why Mandarin?

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Students at Catholic elementary schools routinely exceed the New York state averages in English and math tests.

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The vast majority of English learners, more than two-thirds at the elementary school level, were born in the United States.

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Imagine if, when you were in elementary school, you tried to learn how to write essays by dictating one to your English teacher and never reading the transcript.

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