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Wednesday, August 11, 2010

The Washington Teacher: What Will Become Of DC's Excessed Teachers?

The Washington Teacher: What Will Become Of DC's Excessed Teachers?


What Will Become Of DC's Excessed Teachers?


Inquiring minds want to know WTU's official position ?

I have received a number of emails of concern this summer from excessed teachers who have not yet been hired by the Rhee administration. Recently, a colleague copied me in on an email asking Washington Teachers' Union President George Parker (whose term ended June 30) what is the official status of excessed teachers as well as DCPS hiring practice on this matter (email featured below).

In an August 5 Wash. Post article written by Bill Turque, Rhee stated that "although "two