I've spent a few days reading the facts about what happened in Rhode Island with the teachers there.
What the District did there was to fire every teacher. Every teacher, no matter what their history, commitment to students, qualifications, experience, track record, it did not matter.
They were all fired.
This is union busting plan and simple. This is unfair. More than that, it is bad for students.
What the board did was inexcusable. And I expected Arne Duncan to praise them, he is a fake reformer who mouths right wing talking points about schools.
But then there was the coup de grace.
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