TOKYO -- Students in Japanese elementary schools will start learning English in third grade, two years sooner than now, under a proposal announced Tuesday by the education ministry.

The government said Tuesday it has decided to allow public schools to teach English to first- and second-graders during after-school programs. The decision runs contrary to a special law on public ...

Reading, writing and arithmetic are fundamentals in every classroom, but third graders at Arongen Elementary school in Clifton Park are learning a new spin on the old lessons. With slumber party ...