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NYC: Concerns Over Open Jobs Being Filled by ‘Absent Teacher Reserve’

Mayor Bill de Blasio and United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew (Getty Images / Flickr)

By Zoë Kirsch

May 20, 2020

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