Fire Hot In DC
What happened in DC this week is significant both for the city and nationally, but three aspects of the DC teacher firings that don’t seem to be getting a lot of attention are:
(a) Look behind the numbers. About a third of the 241 teachers let go were dismissed for credentialing/license problems, not performance;
(b) If it bleeds it leads. More teachers performed in the highest tier under the new evaluation system than were
(a) Look behind the numbers. About a third of the 241 teachers let go were dismissed for credentialing/license problems, not performance;
(b) If it bleeds it leads. More teachers performed in the highest tier under the new evaluation system than were
