Governor Deval Patrick says he does not foresee a move similar to what happened in Central Falls, Rhode Island, last month – where all teachers were fired at an “underperforming” school – occurring in Massachusetts.
“I can’t see doing what was done in Rhode Island – I can’t see it happening here in Massachusetts, to tell you the truth, or needing to happen,” Patrick said during a radio interview on March 3 on WTKK 96.9 FM, according to the State House News Service. “We've got a great education reform bill … and it gives us a lot of tools to intervene with a sense of urgency in the places where we’re just failing poor kids, mostly, or kids with special needs or who speak English as a second language, more often than not kids of color.”
The news service reported that Patrick added: “I think the reason we have an achievement gap – it’s not that teachers are the problem. Poverty is the problem more often than not.”
The move in Rhode Island was supported by Obama administration. “I love the president,” Patrick said. “We don’t agree on everything.”
2 comments:
Yea, and there will be no new taxes!I wouldn't believe anything that guy said. He wants to go to Washington do you think he is going to disagree with anything his friend has to say?
Sure Anon..if you dont like what he said then just ignore it. And if you like what he said but dont like him then just pretend he is lying. Teachers have a friend in Patrick. Beware Cahill, Baker
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