http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/15/AR2008111502456.html
D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty and Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee are considering a number of measures to remove poor-performing teachers, including declaring an education state of emergency and restoring the school district's authority to create public charter schools on its own. Presently, only the D.C. Public Charter School Board may authorize a public charter school in the city. Under the Freedom of Information Act, the Washington Post obtained a draft statement outlining the plan, originally intended to be announced earlier this fall. In part, the statement reads: "Since charters and autonomous schools are not subject to the collective bargaining agreement, these schools would be better positioned to ensure quality teachers in the classroom." Union leaders are expressing more concern about the expansion of public charters in the district than the imposition of a state of emergency. Public Charter School Board Chair Tom Nida called Rhee's effort to expand charter schools "a logical one to take," but one that requires careful study.
Source: Washington Post (free registration required)
Date: 11/15/2008
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