Scarcity of Language Teachers Retards Growth
Portland, Ore.
Even with growing demand and the prospect of new federal and state aid for improving foreign-language instruction, expanding offerings is especially difficult because of a shortage of qualified teachers in what are deemed critical languages, many experts say.
Here in Portland, officials have hired native speakers to staff classrooms for the Mandarin Chinese-immersion program at Woodstock Elementary School...
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