Charter schools have the freedom to hire whom they want, and for this school, being young and enthusiastic counts for a lot.

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The system was turned over to charter operators, who got the leeway to hire new teachers and have been held accountable by strong schools commissioners.

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Its independent charter, a first for a Vietnamese university, allows it to hire professors and design its own courses.

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And it would allow charter schools to voluntarily opt out of defined-benefit pensions and still compete to hire teachers who have spent years working in public schools.

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Rob Dore, owner of Private Jet Hire, said Mr Mills had made an enquiry with the firm to charter a plane from Doncaster Robin Hood Airport to Exeter but no booking was taken.

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Now, in what some are calling a grand experiment, 31 of the 58 public schools that have reopened in New Orleans are operating as charter schools, freeing them from school board oversight and letting them set their own curriculums and hire and fire at will.

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If charter schools were free to spend money on wages instead of pension benefits, they might be able to hire more and better teachers.

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