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I guess the gadgets here will be helpful for the teachers in District of Columbia in progressing their career since they are in tight crisis of evaluation. The Washington Post reports that District of Columbia Chancellor of Public Schools Michelle Rhee has fired 226 teachers who received poor peer evaluations. Beyond that, there are 737 more that will be released from their contracts if they don't shape up over the next 12 months. This barrage of cutbacks stems from a new evaluation system called IMPACT, which D.C. public school officials will use on a yearly basis to determine whether teachers are performing to expectations.