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VICE PRESIDENT AL GORE CALLED FOR TOUGH new teacher tests, recruiting bonuses of up to $10,000 and "second-chance schools" as he began this week to detail his agenda for his White House bid.

Gore used a commencement speech at Graceland College for the first in a series of public policy addresses he said would bring substance to his campaign for the Democratic nomination for president in 2000.

He urged the hiring of 2.2 million new teachers, while making them pass tough tests, and said preschool programs should be extended "for every child, in every community in America."
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