71.   The brain-storming sessions germinate ideas for letters the class will send to schools officials, urging them to renovate the buildings and hire better teachers.

72.   The company, which also emphasizes character education, hires teachers and buys books.

73.   The district is managing its extra expenses, she said, by offering retirement packages, hiring new teachers at lower salaries and securing grants to pay for programs.

74.   The huge increase in funding was in no small part meant to let schools hire new teachers and thereby reduce class size.

75.   The grant would be used to hire more teachers, improve special education services at charter schools and implement reading programs.

76.   The individual principals, working with parents and teachers, would hire new teachers, buy books and supplies and determine the best way to teach the students.

77.   The principal would hire teachers and set work schedules, with the central office handling labor negotiations over salaries and benefits only.

78.   The solution is not, as some think, to hire teachers who had more college math.

79.   The state also has required charters to hire certified teachers for core courses and to participate in collective bargaining for teacher salaries and benefits.