Firing of all teachers at RI school roils students (AP

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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100314/ap_on_re_us/us_entire_school_fired"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100314/capt.cb83bb42522a49f29dd9be287822606c-cb83bb42522a49f29dd9be287822606c-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=0ttOc0pW9S.5JODSu_zTCw--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="In this Tuesday, March 9, 2010 photo, former student Ashley Delgado, left, stands with a sign next to Joe Clavin outside Central Falls high school in Central Falls, R.I. Instructors and staff will be fired after the end of the school year in a desperate move to improve student performance at the school. The firings were provoked by dismal student performance: In 2009, fewer than half of its students graduated within four years. And standardized tests last fall showed just 7 percent of eleventh graders passing math, 33 percent passing writing and 55 percent proficient in reading. The school educates just over 1,000 students. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)" border="0" /></a>AP - Ashley Delgado graduated from one of Rhode Island's worst-performing high schools and wanted to go to college &mdash; if only she could get there.</p><br clear="all"/>

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