Published: April 1, 1995

Foreign Languages Back In The Mix

The state education department estimates that 15 percent of the 350 school districts in the state do not now offer any such instruction. "I've dubbed this 'back to the future' education,'' says state Rep. Douglas Peterson, who sponsored the language bill. "My parents were required to learn Latin. When I came out of New York 35 years ago, every 5th grader in my elementary school had to...