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Chinese Classroom at Woodstock Elementary School

If you teach in an Oregon public school, you need an Oregon teaching license. For many teachers, passing the required exams isn’t hard. Now, the dismissal of a popular Portland teacher is highlighting the struggles of one group in particular: teachers who don’t teach in English.

It’s early afternoon for these third graders at Portland’s Woodstock Elementary. They’ll spend the rest of th