[EDLING:1995] Mexican Teachers Helping Milwaukee Public Schools as Bilingual Teachers

[Francis M. Hult]

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Thu Oct 26 12:53:27 2006 Pacific Time

Mexican Teachers Helping Milwaukee Public Schools as Bilingual Teachers
      

       MILWAUKEE, Oct. 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- Five teachers from Mexico are 
now teaching in Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) as part of a partnership 
between Wisconsin and the state of Guanajuato. The arrival of the teachers is 
just one part of planned broader links between the two states, says Javier 
Tapia, an associate professor of education at the University of Wisconsin-
Milwaukee. 

       Tapia, himself a native of Guanajuato, has been working on partnership 
projects for several years. UWM is providing the teachers' visas as part 
of "Guanajuato-Wisconsin: An Initiative in Cultural Exchanges in Education and 
Health." 

       Milwaukee's growing Latino population has made Spanish a necessary 
language in many schools, but recruiting bilingual teachers hasn't kept pace 
with the demand, Tapia says. Bringing teachers from Mexico helps MPS, and also 
provides Mexican teachers with additional English skills and insight into the 
challenges Mexican immigrants face in the U.S. The teachers, who are paid by 
MPS, will be working for Wisconsin teaching certification. 

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