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The fallout from teacher firings
- 03-15-2010
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By Joan Vennochi/Boston Globe
Are mass teacher firings good for kids or headlines? The shocking decision to fire the entire staff of Central Falls High School is largely cast as a courageous stand against bad teachers and an obstructionist union determined to protect them. No one who cares about educating young people wants to defend either. The superintendent of Central Falls said she ordered the mass terminations “for the children.’’ The real question is whether children will actually benefit from the purge. President Obama praised the decision to blow up the staff at this poorly-performing Rhode Island school as a cry for accountability. If only Washington held the bad bankers and insurance executives who bankrupted this economy equally accountable. Instead, taxpayers bailed out the private sector, which in turn rewarded itself with bonuses. (more...)
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