Firing of Teachers at Rhode Island School Ignites Battle

A player comforts a coach and teacher Jorge Torres, second from right, after the names of teachers to be terminated were called during a meeting of the Central Falls, R.I., school board last week. The firings take effect at the end of the school year.
—Butch Adams/The Pawtucket Times/AP

Shakeup Comes as State Seeks Race to Top Grant

No more than half the teachers at Central Falls High School in Rhode Island would be hired back under a move that has enraged the state’s powerful teachers’ union, earned criticism from students, and brought praise from U.S. Secretary of Education Arne...

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