Jennifer Schmidt
73:35 - 74:02
“Alaska's relying heavily on international teachers. This is expensive for districts. There are currently 267 teachers on H-1B visas and 204 on J-1 visas in Alaska schools.”
- Speaker
- Jennifer Schmidt
- Timestamp
- 73:35 – 74:02
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Alaska
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From the transcript
Alaska's relying heavily on international teachers. This is expensive for districts. There are currently 267 teachers on H-1B visas and 204 on J-1 visas in Alaska schools. Of note is that in some districts we are seeing increases in student achievement as visas— as teachers that are on visas improve retention rates due to them staying for 3 to 6 years on a visa. So that retention piece is really important for success.
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