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Tuesday, May 15, 2018

US School Districts are Hiring More Foreign Educators

LAS VEGAS – Adrian Calabano, 23, left his native Philippines to fill a void of teachers in a Nevada suburb. He said he sold his car to pay for his flight and hefty administrative fees so he could get a salary several times higher than he would receive in his homeland.

But his salary is still lower than an average American teacher. He was hired to teach sixth grade special education class at Greenspun Junior High School in Henderson, Nev., a suburb of Las Vegas.

“My salary is much better than what I receive and get from the Philippines,” he told Fox News.

As debate over low teacher salaries makes its way across the country – there have been statewide protests in at least four states the past two months – this little-known U.S. program for foreign teachers is growing.

U.S. school districts are increasingly hiring teachers from abroad to fill a dearth of teacher in school districts across the country. They are brought in through a cultural exchange visa program offered by the U.S. State Department. Known as the J-1 visa, it is the ticket for teachers abroad to come to the U.S. and teach American students.

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http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/05/14/school-districts-increasingly-hiring-foreign-teachers-to-fill-shortages.html

5 comments:

  1. Doctors, lawyers, gas stations and now teachers? I mean I thought crab picking was much more important!!!!

    Hey - this hasn't happened overnight. Its been going on for DECADES and no one stopped to notice!

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  2. Since teaching is so glamorous and well-paid, according the majority of the commenters here.

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  3. Do they speak good English? This is why English should be the US national language. Then see how many Foreign Educators come over then. Why are they coming to the US when all the Educators say they are not getting good wages. They are not coming here to be poor.

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  4. 12:59

    Teaching is actually way overpaid. Try getting a real job with real work.

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  5. Teacher Union selling out their members.

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