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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am also a former DCPS teacher. I started teaching at Anacostia High School the same year that Rhee became chancellor. I was fired in the middle of my third year. I saw everything that the other former DCPS teacher described on this thread: “Teachers who sleep on the job, leave early every day, don't teach ONE. SINGLE. BIT. of the curriculum.” The thing is I was not one of those teachers. I was a teacher who should not have been fired. You may or may not believe me, but as I read these message-boards and watch the Frontline report, I am mostly just sad, because I know that I was making real progress with my students, and I was prevented from continuing. Of course teachers need to be evaluated, but Michelle Rhee failed in developing an effective system. It wasn’t just me. I personally know many outstanding educators who were forced out during Rhee’s tenure. And I know of many, many not so good teachers who remain.[/quote]
Why do you think you were fired?

Was it an arbitrary decision made by Rhee? Did your principal take advantage of the opportunity to get rid of you for some reason? Were you an effective teacher among many, many highly effective teachers? I'm baffled by the decision-making that went into getting rid of someone like you.[/quote]

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