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President Obama’s State of the Union Address
New York Times | 1/25/12

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Valuing Teachers
Education Next | Summer 2011

In his State of the Union address last night, President Obama discussed the impact good teachers can have on their students’ future productivity, stating “We know a good teacher can increase the lifetime income of a classroom by over $250,000.” In the Summer 2011 issue of Education Next, Eric Hanushek analyzed the impact of good teachers on the lifetime incomes of their students.