Entire teaching staff fired at underperforming US school

Entire teaching staff fired at underperforming US school

CENTRAL FALLS, Rhode Island (AP) -- A U.S. school district has voted to fire all the teachers at an underperforming school. The Providence Journal reports that the Central Falls School Committee voted Tuesday evening to fire every educator at Central Falls High School at the end of the school year. It's the only school in the tiny, impoverished city north of Providence. Only about half its students graduate, and only 7 percent of 11th-graders, who are around ages 16 to 17, were proficient in math in 2009. The plan was developed because of a federal effort to makeover failing schools. The Central Falls Teachers Union says it is reviewing legal options and hasn't decided what action to take. Education Secretary Arne Duncan applauds the decision and says "when schools continue to struggle we have a collective obligation to take action." _Copyright 2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed._