Technology has given it access to huge applicant pools, making it easier to find the most talented candidates, and provide them with high-quality training once they are hired.

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The set-aside would support programs that recruit talented candidates into the teaching profession and provide them with rigorous training to prepare them for high-need schools.

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With talented people, skilled leaders, plenty of time, and the right kind of expensive training, forces can become very good at it--witness the British in the Falklands, or the Americans in Desert Storm.

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