Teachers

Experience in a multicultural setting is as important to bring in to a school of education as it is to take out, one Wisconsin education school has decided.

In January, the college of education at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater will begin requiring prospective students to show that they have experience working with students of different cultures, ethnic groups, or physical or mental ability.

The requirement will be weighed equally with two others: numerical criteria such as grade-point averages and scores on entrance tests, and time spent on volunteer work with children. Students will prepare portfolios for evaluation by the education faculty as part of the admission process, a step that usually occurs in a student's junior...