Firing Entire School System

So you may have heard, but the school board in Central Falls, Rhode Island decided fire all of the teachers and administrators after years of poor performance. If you haven't heard yet, you can read this NY Times article. Changing status quo sounds like the right thing to do... and apparently the politicians support the move. Yet, strangely, some students appear to oppose it because they believe their teachers were doing a good job. I hope the news media follows-up with what happens after the district hires a whole set of new teachers. Too often, there is a flash of headline and no follow-up on what happened afterwards. After all, in this economy, it's an incredibly drastic move to fire an entire school system.