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Monday, April 16, 2012

HOW THE GAME IS PLAYED... ONCE YOU'VE BEEN MARKED FOR ELIMINATION - Perdaily.com

HOW THE GAME IS PLAYED... ONCE YOU'VE BEEN MARKED FOR ELIMINATION by Mark Hemphill (¿Cómo se juega el juego ... Vez que haya sido marcados para la eliminación por Mark Hemphill) - Perdaily.com:


HOW THE GAME IS PLAYED... ONCE YOU'VE BEEN MARKED FOR ELIMINATION by Mark Hemphill (¿Cómo se juega el juego ... Vez que haya sido marcados para la eliminación por Mark Hemphill)

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(For a national view of public education reform see the end of this blog post)

If you've been reading the posts from perdaily.com over the past year or so, you doubtlessly know that Lenny Isenberg has written endlessly about the use of accusations and detention by the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) as means to end the careers of veteran teachers at the top of the pay scale before they vest in lifetime health coverage.  He's also been diligent about reporting the lack of effective defense provided these teachers by the United Teachers of Los Angeles.  Most of these teachers crack under the pressure and never return to the classroom.  But a few do.

This the story of what happens to one of those who survived the gauntlet and made it back.
After having spent some months in detention courtesy of Local District 8. Valerie Moses, a director of