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Honor in the Boxcar: Equalizing Teacher Quality

files June 01, 2000 by EdTrust

Some of the country’s best minds grapple with a question at the heart of education reform: How do we attract the strongest teachers to the schools that need them most? This powerful set of essays concludes with a comprehensive list of action steps for attaining higher teacher quality where it counts.

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