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PFT rallies to defend Philly teacher who spoke out « JD2718

PFT rallies to defend Philly teacher who spoke out « JD2718

PFT rallies to defend Philly teacher who spoke out

Hope Moffet works at a school that the Philadelphia superintendent wants to close. She spoke out, publicly, strongly, against the closure. As a result, she was suspended, and the District was moving to fire her. Would the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers step up? We have the answer: absolutely.

The closing of Audenried HS is not justified. Hope, a TfAer, said so, clearly. The data were wrong. Audenried, recently reopened, was improving.

The district reassigned her first, and then created charges later. One of the charges was that she shared the