The Washington Teacher: Rhee's Firing Squad Terminates Sizable Number Of DC Teachers

The Washington Teacher: Rhee's Firing Squad Terminates Sizable Number Of DC Teachers

Rhee's Firing Squad Terminates Sizable Number Of DC Teachers

by The Wash. Teacher

During the Rhee administration, her education plan which was released 18 months into her administration promised to terminate a significant share of the DCPS teacher workforce. Well the Rhee firing squad strikes once again. On July 23,Leah Fabel of the Washington Examiner newspaper reportedthat D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee will fire a sizable number of teachers and school staff by next week. Rhee did not appear in a Thursday briefing and left the dirty work to her deputy, Kaya Henderson to announce the bad news. Fabel reported the numbers of the terminations was not revealed in the briefing. The firings are based on a new evaluation instrument (IMPACT) which was introduced in school year