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Cash intends to offer new teachers contract by April.
Traditionally, Memphis has filled teaching vacancies a month before classes begin.
The Commercial Appeal reported that as a result, the system has been forced to choose from a pool in which more than half of the applicants have grade point averages of less than 3.0 and who score in the bottom quartile of the state teacher licensure test.
A proposal the district submitted to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation also addresses teacher retention, with a proposal to pay $6,000 bonuses to top new teachers who remain for at least four years.
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