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It felt like the right time for the federal government to have an explicit focus on this — and one that is cross cutting,” Hamm tells EdSurge. They leave for K-12 or other educational systems that will pay them a fair wage and provide benefits.” government. She adds: “This has been a longstanding problem.
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