And unions don't like dismissing ineffective teachers for the very simple reason that union power rests on union commitment and capacity to defend every teacher from losing his or her job. (educationnext.org)
Legislated and bargained contractual protections make the process of dismissing an ineffective teacher with tenure prohibitively lengthy and expensive in most states, and teacher tenure evaluation processes remain largely disconnected from teachers» performance in the classroom or student achievement. (americanprogress.org)
Education Next's Paul Peterson and Chester E. Finn, Jr. talk this week (April 15) about why Florida governor Charlie Crist vetoed a bill passed by the legislature that said that teachers should be paid based on performance and districts should be able to dismiss ineffective teachers more easily. (educationnext.org)