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Providence, RI, School Board Votes to Lay Off All Teachers

The Providence School Board has voted 4-3 to send dismissal notices to all of the Rhode Island school district's 1,926 teachers. Thursday night's meeting was held in a school gymnasium to accommodate the more than 700 teachers who turned out to voice their opposition to the move. The board vote came after two hours of...

Providence, RI, Issues Pink Slips to All of Its Schoolteachers

Facing a budget crisis, the Providence, R.I., school district has issued dismissal notices to all 1,926 of its teachers, leading Providence Teachers Union President Steven Smith to compare the educational bombshell to Pearl Harbor. "This is beyond insane," Smith said, according to The Providence Journal. "Let's create the...