Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Central Falls firings were first shots fired in current war on teachers

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Central Falls firings were first shots fired in current war on teachers

Central Falls firings were first shots fired in current war on teachers

by Mike Klonsky

History may well record the mass teacher and staff firings at Central Falls High School in Rhode Island last February, as the opening salvo in this administration's war on teachers and their unions.

The firings sparked outrage among teachers, organized labor and parents. Students organized walkouts in support of their teachers. Supts. Gallo and Gist, who had led the assault with full support fromPres. Obama and Sec.Duncan, were ultimately forced to retreat and bring those teachers, who hadn't moved elsewhere, back into