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And Just How Important Are Teachers?
August 27, 2006
Roscoe, N.Y.
"Here in Guilford Country, N.C. [teacher] turnover has become so severe ... recruiters have been advertising nationwide, organizing teacher fairs and offering one of the nation's most generous recruitment bonuses, $10,000 to instructors who sign up to teach Algebra I."
— The New York Times, August 27, 2007, page A1
"More than 90 percent of the Army's new recruits since late July have accepted a $20,000 'quick ship' bonus to leave for basic combat training by the end of September, putting thousands of Americans into uniform almost immediately."
— The Washington Post, August 26, 2007, via
MSNBC
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