Fire Teachers

In a surprise move, the U.S. Senate did something good Wednesday—it moved to prevent more than 100,000 teachers from being laid off this fall and restored funds for President Obama’s signature Race to the Top education program.

The Chicago Teachers Union is suing the city’s board of education in order to stop more than a thousand teachers from being laid off. In June, the board gave Chicago Public Schools CEO Ron Huberman the power to lay off teachers and increase class sizes to close a multi-million dollar budget hole. The lawsuit claims […]

From ChicagoTribune.com: The District of Columbia public school system announced Friday that it is letting 226 teachers go for poor performance under the education assessment system called IMPACT.