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

"Language is very important to teach another younger generation of young men and women coming from elementary and high schools for job opportunities and understanding how small the world is and also the contributions the Arab world has given to civilization."

VOA: standard.2010.05.20

Odersky says Scala has advantages too because it can be used as an elementary programming language, then have added levels of complexity.

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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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Qassim Saad, an Arabic language teacher in an elementary school nearby, said his pupils began screaming as the explosion shattered windows and sparked panic.

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