D.C. Bill On School Firings Advances

D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee won an initial victory yesterday in her effort to shake up the school district's central office as the D.C. Council voted 10 to 3 to give her the power to fire nonunion workers without cause, an action supporters say could remove a major barrier to education...
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Nikita Stewart

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Marion Barry

Phil Mendelson

Vincent Gray

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