We knew where the schools were - and a bilingual teacher held the magic key that opened for me the door to becoming an American.

Perhaps scarce bilingual teachers should be spread among more grade levels.

"These are the students of our public schools now, and it's not just a challenge for a few bilingual teachers."

The paper said there already were shortages of certified bilingual teachers and support workers in the state.

There, he has been working to place bilingual teachers in school districts across Pennsylvania.

However, like in many other states, Arizona had a shortage of bilingual teachers.

We have to do more as a school system to attract bilingual teachers.

Two of his licensed bilingual teachers, he said, have left the program because the demands were so great.

Class size range 10-25 and all classes are taught in English by both foreign and bilingual teachers.

For Spanish-speaking families bilingual teachers translated the information about the workshops.