Rhode Island

Teachers’ union leader scores administration for backing mass firings

March 2, 2010 By John Wojcik

As top union leaders met yesterday, Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, criticized the Obama administration for backing mass teacher firings in Rhode Island.

R.I. town becomes ground zero in war on teachers

February 25, 2010 By Susan Webb

The mass firing of nearly 100 teachers and school personnel, backed by Education Secretary Arne Duncan, will be seen by many as a slap in the face to teachers, their unions and the entire labor movement.

School chief fires every teacher at town’s only high school

February 15, 2010 By Susan Webb

The school superintendent in Central Falls, R.I., says she will fire all 74 teachers at the town's only high school, after their union refused to accept her demands.