Poor performance, No Child Left Behind lead to 241 dismissals
(NEWSER) - The Washington, DC, schools are giving hundreds of teachers the ax because of their low scores in the district’s tough new evaluation system. Chancellor Michelle Rhee says 241 teachers are being fired for poor performance, the Washington Post reports. Another 737 were rated “minimally effective,” meaning they have a year to shape up or they’re gone, too.The dismissals are part of a national movement, fostered by the Obama administration’s “Race to the Top” grants, to more rigorously assess teacher effectiveness. More»
