[Edling] US: Schools Look to Puerto Rico in Search of Bilingual Teachers

[Francis Hult]

The Pew Charitable Trusts



Schools Look to Puerto Rico in Search of Bilingual Teachers



Growing demand for bilingual teachers, fed by increasing numbers of Spanish-speaking public school students, is forcing local school districts to get creative in their recruiting. A major target for their efforts is Puerto Rico: the teachers, already U.S. citizens, don’t require a visa if they decide to leave the island and its struggling economy to go work on the mainland.



Full story:
http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2015/10/13/schools-look-to-puerto-rico-in-search-of-bilingual-teachers
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