Central Falls High School

Former Teacher Arrested For Buying Booze For Students

Posted 02.03.2012

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Police hope to teach this former high school instructor not to buy alcohol for her students. Emma Wise, 22, was a chemistry teacher at Central Fall...

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Why Successful School Turnarounds Work

John Thompson | Posted 08.12.2011

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John Thompson

It is true that "troublemakers" are potential leaders, but turning them around takes a commitment that has been lost on most data-driven reformers.

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Simone Landon

Detroit's Mass Teacher Layoffs May Prove Bellwether For Education Reform Nationwide

HuffingtonPost.com | Simone Landon | Posted 06.19.2011

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When districtwide layoff notices hit every one of Detroit Public Schools’ 5,466 unionized employees late last week, an American Federation of Teache...

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Cooperation, Collaboration, and Consensus-Building Are Not Overated

John Thompson | Posted 05.25.2011

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John Thompson

NEA President Dennis Van Roekel and AFT President Randi Weingarten are not the only union leaders who are bending over backwards to help reform education.

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Guest Column: Obama on Education -- A-Plus Values, F-Minus Policies

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

Roughly once a year or so, I turn this column space over to a guest author. This usually happens when a point of view is presented to me either in pu...

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When Teachers Don't Show Up For Work, Reform Stalls

AP | ERIC TUCKER | Posted 05.25.2011

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CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. — The teachers at Central Falls High School struck a deal to get their jobs back last year after the entire staff was fired ...

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Students Protest: 'It's Not Teachers' Fault' School Is Failing

Posted 05.25.2011

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Fifty Rhode Island high school students walked out in protest earlier this week -- to demand the administration include their voices in the effort to ...

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Obama Effigy Hung In Rhode Island School That Fired All Its Teachers

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. — A teacher at a failing school where he and all his colleagues are being fired hung an effigy of President Barack Obama in ...

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Central Falls High School Will Rehire Everybody After Firing All Teachers

AP | ERIC TUCKER | Posted 05.25.2011

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CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. — A school district that gained the support of President Barack Obama for promoting accountability after it fired all its te...

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Central Falls High School Employees Deserve Due Process

Arlene Holt Baker | Posted 05.25.2011

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In recent days, the Central Falls school superintendent fired en mass all 93 administrators, teachers and support staff at Central Falls High School i...

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First, Let's Fire All the Teachers!

Diane Ravitch | Posted 05.25.2011

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The fundamental principle of school reform, in the Age of Bush and Obama, is measure and punish. If students don't get high enough scores, then someone must be punished.

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Rhode Island Teachers FIRED: Central Falls High School Officially Fires Every Teacher

Posted 05.25.2011

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Seventy-four Rhode Island teachers have been fired from Central Falls High School, as well as 19 staff members, including the principal, USA Today rep...

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Central Falls High School To Fire Every Single Teacher

Posted 05.25.2011

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A Rhode Island high school is set to fire every single teacher after the teachers' union refused to go along with the superintendent's proposed plan f...

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