D.C. Teachers Stunned by Their Dismissal - washingtonpost.com:
"A neat row of X's stretches down Eve McCarey's performance evaluation, showing that in category after category, she is someone who 'exceeds expectations.' With three years of experience as a special education teacher at Anacostia High School, she is hardworking, well-spoken and now unemployed."
McCarey seems to be the sort of teacher any hard-charging, reformist schools chancellor would want in a classroom. But despite layoff rules designed to help the system retain high-performing teachers, McCarey found herself out of a job Friday, along with other educators who range from idealistic Teach for America newcomers to a 32-year guidance counselor who is praised by parents as uncommonly effective.
"It just feels like my heart has been broken," said counselor Sheila Gill, 57, of McKinley Technology High School. "I have been trying to process all of what's going on. It happened so quickly and so suddenly."
"A neat row of X's stretches down Eve McCarey's performance evaluation, showing that in category after category, she is someone who 'exceeds expectations.' With three years of experience as a special education teacher at Anacostia High School, she is hardworking, well-spoken and now unemployed."
McCarey seems to be the sort of teacher any hard-charging, reformist schools chancellor would want in a classroom. But despite layoff rules designed to help the system retain high-performing teachers, McCarey found herself out of a job Friday, along with other educators who range from idealistic Teach for America newcomers to a 32-year guidance counselor who is praised by parents as uncommonly effective.
"It just feels like my heart has been broken," said counselor Sheila Gill, 57, of McKinley Technology High School. "I have been trying to process all of what's going on. It happened so quickly and so suddenly."