Every Teacher Fired

I find this story, well, not exactly a 'story' but you know what I mean,very interesting. The ramifications to eliminating every teacher in a school system is so far reaching I can't even fathom the outcome. This could yield an educational civil war. Interestingly, there are 19,000 residents in Central Falls, R.I. and they reside on only 1.29 square miles of land. The population is made up of 57% White and 35% Latino. 5% of the citizenry are Black. Readers, there are a good number of teachers out of a job. The school board is upset that only 50% of it's students are graduating high school. From personal experience I can tell you if an 18 year old can write his name he gets a motor board and diploma. They have to be the number one employer in the town. It should be noticed the city is a suburb of Providence.

"A Rhode Island school district has voted to fire all the teachers at an underperforming school.
The Central Falls School Committee voted Tuesday evening to fire every educator at Central Falls High School at the end of the school year.
It's the only school in the tiny, impoverished city north of Providence. Only about half its students graduate, and only 7 percent of 11th-graders were proficient in math in 2009.
The plan was developed because of a federal effort to makeover failing schools.
The Central Falls Teachers Union says it is reviewing legal options and hasn't decided what action to take.
Education Secretary Arne Duncan applauds the decision and says "when schools continue to struggle we have a collective obligation to take action."

Since Duncan was appointed by Obama it means the Commander-in-Chief has put his OK on Duncan's comments which means Obama just jumped on the teacher's union. Uh-oh!