So we need programs that really, and from industry's perspective too, get in front of kids while they're young in elementary school."

VOA: special.2010.04.01

Programs begin in elementary school and continue through middle and high school.

VOA: special.2009.11.27

Sasha, a 2nd grader, is in elementary school in nearby Bethesda, Maryland.

VOA: special.2009.01.16

But a national survey found that in recent years foreign language teaching decreased in public elementary and middle schools.

VOA: special.2010.06.17

But it said foreign language teaching in public elementary and middle schools dropped sharply in recent years.

VOA: special.2010.02.04

Here is how it works at London Towne Elementary School in Centreville,Virginia, outside Washington.

VOA: special.2010.06.17

Chaniya Anderson is a second grader at Whittier Elementary School in Washington.

VOA: special.2010.07.16

London Towne Elementary is in Fairfax County,Virginia.

VOA: special.2010.06.17

One group of elementary school math teachers gathered recently in Baker,Louisiana to learn more about Singapore Math, a curriculum they have recently begun to teach.

VOA: standard.2010.08.10

"It's recommended that children get 150 minutes of exercise a week at elementary school and 225 minutes in secondary schools and yet they are not.

VOA: standard.2010.03.09

Elementary school principal Oumar Sow is director of the eco-school program in Gud-Chantier.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01