Fall in compulsory language lessons
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Only one in three schools in England now has compulsory lessons in foreign languages for pupils over 14.
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The number of British schools offering the International Baccalaureate is set to treble, head teacher says.
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BRITISH firms lose an estimated 750 million a year because staff refuse to learn a foreign language, it was claimed yesterday.
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One in eight pupils at primary schools in England speaks English as a second language, official statistics show.
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Teachers are urged to adopt new strategies to help children who fall behind in English and maths.
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Inspectors say one in four schools in England fail to offer suitable lessons in citizenship, which became compulsory four years ago.
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Lawmakers rewriting the No Child Left Behind law want to loosen testing rules for students with limited English skills.
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Â· Maths and English hit by decline in trainees  Â· Shortfall will hit schools in summer of 2009
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The "dolce vita" days for Italy's lazy language learners are gone. For a long while, Italians got away with ignoring the growing use of English as a lingua franca in the world and especially in Europe.
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Â· Falling branch injures three on school trip  Â· Accident happened as pupils built woodland den
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The amount of official material translated should be cut to encourage people to learn English, Ruth Kelly says.
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Schools need training courses for teachers running citizenship lessons, a report says.
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A new course has been developed for school teachers to help cut the numbers of serious accidents and fatal injuries on educational trips.
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Urgent action needs taking to tackle the lower attainment of ethnic minority university students, a report says.
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The report detailing the numerous failings in this year's English tests process is highly critical.
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The proportion of 14-year-olds reaching the expected standard in English fell last year but by less than thought.
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Â· New qualifications to be taught next SeptemberÂ· Success could see A-levels scrapped after 2013 review