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Highly Qualified Teachers: A National Imperative

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Highly Qualified Teachers: Why?

The Goal of NCLB:

"Closing the achievement gap between high- and low-performing children, especially the achievement gaps between minority and non-minority students, and between disadvantaged children and their more advantaged peers."