If your school serves a low-income community, you can give your teachers -- including your new recruits -- an extra edge by pointing them to the feds' offer to cancel their student loans.

What it is: The Perkins and Stafford Loan Cancellation for Service in Low-Income Schools is open to teachers in low-income or subject-matter shortage areas. They can search the directory of eligible schools here: www.tcli.ed.gov/CBSWebApp/tcli/TCLIPubSchoolSearch.jsp