Having all the nation's teachers meet the definition of being "highly qualified" is an admirable goal, but the No Child Left Behind Act's current teacher-quality provisions make it hard to retain well-trained teachers, especially in schools serving poor and minority children, witnesses said the week of April 10, 2006 in California at the first hearing called by an independent panel working to improve the law. "This isn't about money, this is about how we treat the people who do the work," said Don Iglesias, the superintendent of the 32,000-student San Jose Unified School District. Teachers are working hard, he added during the hearing that was also webcast, but especially in low-performing schools, they are not receiving recognition for their efforts to improve performance. Suggestions made at the hearing included improving mentoring programs for teachers during their first couple of years on the job, or screening out those who do not meet expectations after a probationary period.