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Quarter of State's Teachers Aren't Highly Qualified

By Amy Quinton on Monday, June 6, 2005.

New Hampshire's National Education Association is suing the federal government over the No Child Left Behind law.
They say the legislation amounts to an unfunded federal mandate.
One part of the law requires all teachers to be highly qualified in the subjects they teach by this time next year.
But as New Hampshire Public Radio’s Amy Quinton reports, nearly a quarter of the state’s teachers fail to meet that standard.

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Queen Bee

By Lisa Peakes on Monday, June 6, 2005.

Morning Edition's Lisa Peakes speaks with 14-year old Elicia Chamberlain about her experience competing in the National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C.

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