Two low-rated teachers fight their dismissals
Two teachers are fighting their dismissals from the Boston public schools under a new evaluation system that aims to weed out the worst performers, the School Department said Tuesday. The two were among 31 teachers who left their classrooms during the last school year either because they were rated “needs improvement’’ or “unsatisfactory’’ — the two lowest of four possible marks. The two teachers are pursuing arbitration, a last resort effort usually pursued when a settlement fails to materialize. Richard Stutman, the teachers union president, said he could not comment on the two cases specifically, but he said, “Ultimately, the evaluation system is unfair.’’
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