Sentences with phrase «mass firings of teachers»

His tenure follows the controversial leadership of former superintendent Cami Anderson, who led a series of unpopular initiatives in quick succession, including a new citywide enrollment plan and lottery that allowed parents to choose any traditional or charter school in the city, closures of underenrolled or poorly performing schools, mass firings of teachers and principals, and a new merit - pay program for teachers.

This impulse came to a head when he condoned the mass firing of teachers at Rhode Island's Central Falls High School in February.

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The Central Falls Teachers» Union, an affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers, rejected Central Falls Superintendent Frances Gallo's proposed reforms as part of a Transformation Model, which would have prevented the mass firing.

And the mass firing of mainly black teachers and school personnel in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina is shamefully justified by increases in test scores.