[lbo-talk] DC fires teachers

[Chuck Grimes]

Washington, D.C. schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee announced Friday the 
firing of 241 teachers who did not meet standards set forth by a new 
district-wide evaluation system.

The new system, known as IMPACT, for the first time ties D.C. teachers' job 
performance to their students' performance on standardized tests.

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2010/07/dc-schools-chief-rhee-fires-241-teachers-using-new-evaluation-system.html

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Amazingly nasty. Why wasn't Rhee fired long ago? Anybody from DC want to 
comment on this?