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Firing teachers: First step to reform or useless effort?
- 03-10-2010
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By Greg Toppo/USA TODAY
Is the wholesale firing of teachers and administrators at an underperforming Rhode Island high school just the kind of get-tough intervention students need? Or is it an unproven, risky disaster waiting to happen? President Obama angered teachers unions last week by coming out in favor of the firings at Central Falls High School. "If a school continues to fail its students year after year after year, if it doesn't show any sign of improvement, then there's got to be a sense of accountability," he said. Education reformers say Obama was correct to support Central Falls Superintendent Frances Gallo, as Education Secretary Arne Duncan said, for "doing the right thing for kids." (more...)
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