Facing shortages, schools look abroad for math, science teachers
Increasingly, U.S. schools are looking abroad to fill teacher vacancies, especially in math and science. Comprehensive records aren't kept by the U.S. Department of Education on the number of foreign teachers working in U.S. classrooms, but Visiting International Faculty, a sponsor of such instructors, says it has 1,500 teachers from more than 55 countries placed in various U.S. districts, mostly in the South.
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This story published in ASCD SmartBrief on 09/17/2008
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