Sentences with phrase «vergara tenure case»

That's why California is the defendant in the Vergara tenure case and why New Jersey is the defendant in the Abbott funding cases.

Not exact matches

Education reform groups like StudentsFirstNY and the New Teacher Project say a lawsuit against New York State inspired by the Vergara case could change local tenure laws and present a long - awaited opportunity to legally assess long - term sticking points with the unions, such as merit pay and seniority rules.

A California Supreme Court majority declined to hear Vergara v. California, the case that challenged teacher tenure and other job protections for teachers.

But the groundbreaking decision in the Vergara case makes it clear that early, and effectively irreversible, decisions about teacher tenure have real costs for students and ultimately all of society.

Also in this issue: six recommendations to fix Detroit's broken school system, three expert opinions on whether high schools should offer two - tiered diplomas, and a piece on the Vergara v. California case that considers whether litigation is the best approach to reforming teacher tenure policies.

She pointed out that the California Teachers Association has racked up three wins since spring, with the appellate court's unanimous ruling to overturn Vergara, the Supreme Court's decision this week to decline to review the case and the thwarting of her own bill that would have made changes to teacher tenure and dismissal procedures.

More on the federal suit filed against Connecticut, backed by Students Matter, the California - based group that recently challenged teacher tenure in the Vergara vs. California case.

The plaintiffs in the case, Vergara v. California, argued that the tenure system for public school teachers in California verges on the absurd, and that those laws disproportionately harm poor and minority students.

Tenure and seniority both have received black eyes of late — due, at least in part, to California's Vergara case — and have been replaced with the kinder and gentler due process and importance of experience.

The decision, which was enthusiastically endorsed by Education Secretary Arne Duncan, brings a close to the first chapter of the case, Vergara v. California, in which a group of student plaintiffs backed by a Silicon Valley millionaire argued that state tenure laws had deprived them of a decent education by leaving bad teachers in place.

Hence, it would appear that the only hope for burying seniority — and the foul tenure and dismissal statutes — lies with the Vergara v. California (Students Matter) case, which is set for a ruling by early July.

The article summarizes, or I should say celebrates, the Vergara v. California trial, the case in which nine public school students (emphasis added as these were not necessarily these students» ideas) challenged California's «ironclad tenure system,» arguing that their rights to a good education had been violated by state - level job protections making it «too difficult» to fire bad teachers.

Last month, the state Supreme Court refused to take up Vergara v. California, a landmark case that challenged teacher tenure and declared some school employment laws unconstitutional.

The attorneys involved in Vergara v. California, a landmark case that challenged teacher tenure laws, announced Tuesday they have filed a federal lawsuit in Connecticut challenging that state's laws that they say restrict school choice options.

Teacher tenure laws were ruled unconstitutional Tuesday by a California Supreme Court judge in the case Vergara v. California, which could have far - reaching effects on education, reports Mel Robbins of CNN.

California attorney Michael Smith of Lozano Smith in Fresno spoke about how the Vergara v. California court case has the potential of overturning teacher tenure in the state.

He also worked for Students Matter, which brought the landmark Vergara v. California case that challenged the state's teacher tenure laws.

The union campaign depicts Brown, who leads a group that has filed a New York State lawsuit modeled on the Vergara v. California case that found teacher tenure laws unconstitutional, as the puppet of former D.C. schools chancellor Michelle Rhee and Brown's husband, GOP policy adviser Dan Senor.

The California Supreme Court will decide this summer whether to take up an appeal by nine students in the historic Vergara vs. California case challenging our unusually protective teacher tenure laws, as well as a seniority - based layoff system that often keeps ineffective teachers in district classrooms while letting more talented but less senior teachers go.

The case of Vergara v. California seeks to overturn five laws involving teacher tenure, dismissals and the last - in, first - out layoff policies.

(1) The Vergara Decision: This case pits nine Oakland public school students against the State of California, arguing that (a) granting tenure after less than two years, (b) retaining teachers during layoffs based on seniority instead of merit, and (c) the near impossibility of dismissing incompetent teachers, is harming California's overall system of public education, and is disproportionately harming public education in low income communities.

If it is successful, the Vergara case will eliminate some teacher tenure protections, limit seniority, and diminish collective bargaining rights.

«Plaintiff attorney in the landmark Vergara case in Twin Cities to talk about teacher tenure,» Star Tribune, November 14, 2014

In the Vergara case, bankrolled by Silicon Valley elites, a state judge effectively invalidated California's teacher tenure rule as violating the civil rights of poor students, who can not have bad teachers jettisoned from their classrooms.

While the final outcome of the Vergara case remains to be seen, the unions» firm stance against reform could help prompt tenure opponents to mount an initiative campaign — a routine occurrence in California politics.

By a 4 - 3 vote, a divided court decided not to hear Vergara vs. California, a case challenging state tenure laws.

The criticisms of tenure rules in both the Vergara case and today's New York lawsuit come in roughly three buckets.

The request comes after a California Superior Court struck down various teacher tenure and seniority statutes under that state's constitution and the U.S. Constitution's Equal Protection Clause in the Vergara v. California case.

In the landmark case, Vergara vs. California, nine student - plaintiffs, are arguing that the California teachers» seniority, tenure and dismissal laws violate their fundamental, constitutional right to a quality education.

Villaraigosa also fought for teacher tenure reforms, backing the plaintiffs in the Vergara case, which challenged the constitutionality of state tenure and layoff statutes on the grounds that they harmed low - income students.