Decision to fire all of R.I. school's teachers sad, desperate

[tonysam]

What is amazing to me is the WP has ANYTHING published that might actually support teachers and public education.

The Central Falls firings aren't "sad" or "desperate"; they are illegal and will do nothing to help "reform" education. Education is NOT a business--it is a public service.

From the conclusion of the piece:

Firing all the educators may sound bold to some, but it sounds sad and desperate to me.

There is no evidence that wholesale changes at schools make a difference at schools, though it has been tried repeatedly in districts around the country -- even in Duncan's Chicago public schools, which he ran for years before leading the Education Department.

Duncan tried a lot of things during his more than seven years as Chicago schools chief: shutting down schools, hiring experts in turning around schools and firing a lot of people. The results? To put it nicely, there was no Chicago miracle. Some schools improved, others didn't.

That's because grand gestures don't work to improve schools. It would be nice if they did, but time and time again, we've learned they don't. Making schools work is a very difficult job. There is no one thing to blame; there is no single remedy that works for every school or district.

Let Duncan call those school officials courageous. It sounds foolish to me. And the people who will suffer most? As usual, the kids.

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[tonysam]

1. Now who could possibly "unrec" this important piece?

Not a member of the charter school brigade here. Nah.

[mzteris]

2. hm - who Unrecced the Black Gifted Males piece?

Surely not some RACISTS right here in the Education forum? "gasp"

FWIW - it was unrecced before I got here. But, what the hey - I'll unrec too if it'll make you happy. (Though I suspect NOTHING makes you "happy".)

[Hannah Bell]

3. i'd bet it was unrecced because it was posted by a tireless charter school promoter.

just a guess.

but way to cry 'racist' on the flimsiest of pretexts.

"Wahhhhhhhh!!! They unrecced my thread!!!!!!"

Not like you don't systematically unrec every thread about the systematic destruction of the public schools.

[mzteris]

4. the phantom poster -

are you admitting something?

[Hannah Bell]

5. since you have me on ignore, why do you keep speaking to & about me?

i don't have you on ignore. thus i respond to your idiotic, uninformed posts.

if you want to chat, take me off ignore, silly.

[mzteris]

6. damn - there she goes again . . .

i keep getting this nasty buzzing in my ears....

:shrug:

Must not be anything important.

[Hannah Bell]

7. why do you keep talking to & about me when you have me on ignore? it's really quite stupid.

[FBaggins]

8. I don't know about "stupid"

but it's certainly childish.