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Luke Costin

Teacher quality, shortages bite in regions and suburbs

Research suggests top new teachers are less likely to work in disadvantaged areas. (Paul Miller/AAP PHOTOS)

Even when they get a teacher, rural and outer suburban children are more likely to miss out on one who topped their own class.

That's the suggestion from two data analyses laying bare the troubles with teacher shortages in the nation's most populous state.

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