Sentences with phrase «address teacher dismissal»
Most states have laws on their books that address teacher dismissal; however, until recently these laws were much more likely to consider criminal and moral violations than performance.
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Last month, my organization, Students Matter, issued its support of California's AB 934 — a state bill that, though imperfect, honestly attempted to address the grave defaults in the state's teacher tenure, dismissal and layoff laws challenged by the student plaintiffs in Vergara v. California.
Fixing the broken teacher dismissal system is not the solution to fixing our schools, but it is a problem that urgently needs to be addressed.
In particular, 29 states specifically stipulate poor performance as grounds for dismissal.86 But the dismissal process continues to be a challenge when it comes to tenured teachers, who have the right to multiple appeals processes in most states.87 To address these challenges, state policymakers are increasingly reforming teacher tenure systems.