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The key features of the primary curriculum put forward by this Review are: Recognising the continuing importance of subjects and the essential knowledge, skills and understanding they represent. Providing a stronger focus on curriculum progression. Strengthening the focus on ensuring, that by the age of seven, children have a secure grasp of the literacy and numeracy skills they need to make good progress thereafter.  Strengthening the teaching and learning of ICT to enable them to be independent and confident users of technology by the end of primary education. Providing a greater emphasis on personal development through a more integrated and simpler framework for schools.  Building stronger links between the Early Years Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1, and between Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3. in offering exciting opportunities for learning languages for 7-11 year olds.

对于国际学士学位能给学生在本国或海外大学制度中带来任何特别竞争优势的想法，一些专家表示怀疑。国际名校指南(Good Schools Guide Internationa)的女士普莱勒(Plyler)称，美国和英国的大学——众多希望到海外大学深造的学生最终目的地——清楚地了解包括美国、英国、德国和法国在内的一大批国家的教育制度，并会挑选在各自体系内表现优秀的学生。

专家们还指出，在一些教育不特别受推崇的国家，即使对于当地孩子来说，国际学校也是首都城市中最好的学校。然而，独立专家建议说，国际学校未来的父母应努力营造学校操场上的语言环境。如果孩子主要是讲当地语言，而不是学校的官方语言，他们怎么能很好地适应呢？

也许，相比打造国际理念的学生的雄心，进入国际学校的最大的好处要平凡的多。 “国际名校指南”的普莱勒女士称，运作良好的国际学校“对于帮助来来去去的学生非常在行。” 据专家估计，学生平均在他们那里只待3年——尽管有时事实证明，对所有在外国城市中的外籍家庭的父母而言，好的国际学校有相当的吸引力，因此父母会继续选择国际学校。 普莱勒女士补充说： “平时，教师、管理人员，甚至是餐厅的工作人员，都会照看新来的和仍不合群的孩子。”这可能是他们最大的优势。

The European Union declared 2009, European Year of Creativity and Innovation.

The European Year of Creativity and Innovation has the objective to raise awareness of the importance of creativity and innovation for personal, social and economic development, to disseminate good practices, stimulate education and research, and promote policy debate and development.