National Slide Into Pink Slip Purgatory Has Consequences
Fourth grade teacher Monica Iñiguez has received three pink slips in the six years she's worked for the Los Angeles school district. Her husband has also received a layoff notice. She is a co-organizer of a silent protest to pink slips that includes lining up empty chairs with photos of all Noble Avenue Elementary teachers who received layoff warnings.
—Jamie Rector for Education Week
Some question usefulness of early-warning system
This year was not the first in which Monica Iñiguez, a 4th grade teacher at Noble Avenue Elementary, in Los Angeles,...
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