If you have any doubt that the "war on teachers" is doing serious harm to students, listen to Claudio Sanchez's " All Things Considered" report on the state of Central Falls H.S. Six teachers have been absent due to stress, 18 have resigned, and more are expected to leave. Reading about the school transformation does not convey the full poignancy of its collapse. The venom in the voices of the "reformers"conveys the real issue. State CommissionerDeborah Gist set the tone, but the sarcasm of the
The way NPR's Claudio Sanchez half-whispers into the microphone it's hard not to feel like he's telling you a secret; the way he focuses on the feelings of the teachers at Central Falls high school it's hard not to feel like teachers were wronged last year when threatened with being fired and subsequently being told to raise their performance. But it doesn't seem like the no-firing plan is working out for the kids or the school or even for the teachers who clawed to keep their jobs -- what a toxic environment -- and I'm thinking that RI state superintendent Deborah Gist might be regretting the move that let
