[EDLING:31] Mexico: School teaching Mexican kids English thrives

Francis M. Hult fmhult at DOLPHIN.UPENN.EDU
Mon Apr 16 14:29:41 UTC 2007


Baltimore Sun

School teaching Mexican kids English thrives

PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico // A few years after retiring to this Pacific resort 
city, David Bender was bored with golf. His new hobby, the American decided, 
would be tackling Mexico's income inequality by teaching English to Mexican 
children.

Never mind that Mexico didn't ask for his help. Or that the former advertising 
executive knew nothing about running a school. Bender saw working families 
hungry for affordable English-language instruction and a shot at upward 
mobility for their children.

Full story
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nationworld/bal-
te.mexico15apr15,0,7991067.story?coll=bal-nationworld-headlines



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