Kevin Sullivan: Teachers Bring School to Mexico's Streets; Program Targets Working Children

Ana Maria Anguiano, a professor at the University of Guadalajara, which offers a degree in street education, said there are about 1,500 street teachers now working in Mexico, and many more in such countries as Brazil and Peru. She said they are funded by private groups and governments that increasingly see the approach as a practical and innovative way to deal with Latin America's chronic problems of poverty and street children.

One mother says of her son,

"I want him to know more than the street, but it's so expensive," she said, referring to the costs that parents must pay for uniforms, books and other school supplies.

Not to get all wild with government money, but there are some things the government can help with.