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take the top 10%. that is really a highly selective acceptance rate but at the same time how do you keep these young people after the first couple of years, the third year, there is an attrition rate which some would say is too high, for these very active, very enthusiastic young teachers. you know, i think it s important to understand, i guess, what teach for america is working to do. we re really a leadership fin h initiati initiative, working to fuel the larger movement to ensure that all of our kids have an excellent education by enlisting our future leaders in the effort and the idea is that these are people with extraordinary leadership ability. they commit two years to teach in our highest poverty communities, teaching successfully in this context in urban and rural schools is an act of leader shship. we invest a lot in their training and support, so in the

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