Mass. District Envisions Money in Foreign Exchange
Nate Levenson says he wants to bring more of the outside world to his suburban Boston district—and bring in more money along with it.
In an entrepreneurial twist on an established tradition, the first-year superintendent of the Arlington, Mass., school system has proposed recruiting high school students from Japan, and possibly other countries, not only as a form of cultural exchange, but also as a revenue-generating venture.
Students would most likely attend high school in Arlington for one year, at a cost of $8,000 to...
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Correction:
This story misstated Germany’s and Japan’s rankings among countries that send the greatest number of foreign exchange students to the United States. Germany ranks first, and Japan fourth.
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