Desperate to fill teacher shortages, some US schools are hiring teachers from overseas. 'When you really don't have any other applicants, how are you going to fill those spots?' one former principal said.
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When Joevie Alvarado became a teacher, she never expected to teach American students 7,600 miles away. But a dire shortage of US teachers means some schools are taking drastic measures -- like hiring teachers from half a world away."For the first year, it's a little bit of a struggle because I'm the kind of person who misses family that easily," said Alvarado, who taught for a decade in the Philippines before moving to Arizona.But"in terms of pay, let's just say my previous pay was multiplied by eight or 10 when I got here," she said.
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