Lev Lyubimov - Doctor of Sciences in Economics, Professor, Faculty of Economic Sciences, National Research University, Higher School of Economics. Address: 20 Myasnitskaya St., 101000 Moscow, Russian Federation. E-mail: llubimov@hse.ru

The ideas gathered in the book should be of interest to every school that intends to implement the National Learning Standard. These ideas have to do with personal development of children, getting children prepared for further development, inculcation of cognitive competencies, collective learning, learning content as a perspective of the world, and the need for radical change in teaching foreign languages in school.