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The Hechinger Report presents findings from studies on teacher pay hike experiments in schools hard-to-staff areas.

Separate groups of researchers studied what happened in two places – Hawaii and Dallas, Texas, – when teachers were offered significant pay hikes, ranging from $6,000 to $18,000 a year, to take hard-to-fill jobs.

Acting Superintendent Mike Miles outlined his plans for teachers in high risk schools, saying they are there to teach and not to get tied up grading papers and making lesson plans