“Children should be able to do more than read and count’: Pisa offensive at the expense of creative subjects. “The deletions are completely contrary to a holistic concept of education,” says Antje Radetzky, member of the state board of the Bavarian Teachers' Association.

English lessons in the 3rd and 4th grade can be saved to compensate for the increase in German and math, says Torsten Bergmühl, principal of the Erich Kästner elementary and middle school.