Sentences with phrase «arbitrary dismissal»

While defenders of tenure claim that it merely protects teachers from arbitrary dismissal, critics contend that tenure now makes it extremely difficult to remove poorly performing teachers from the classroom.

In his magisterial work on European views of the New World, Antonello Gerbi speaks of «Hegel's disdainful and arbitrary dismissal of the American continent»» perhaps important in the future but of interest in the present neither to historian nor philosopher.

Supporters say the laws protect teachers from arbitrary dismissals, strengthen academic freedom, and attract high - quality candidates for high - stress, relatively low - paid work that is vital to the community.

I totally agree that there should be safeguards to ensure teachers are not subject to arbitrary dismissals, but we can have a reasonable discussion about how high those safeguards need to be.

In some cases, they were able to do so because they were bolstered by tenure, preventing their arbitrary dismissal for activism.

Originally enacted to protect against potential evils in state and local employment systems, such as nepotism, arbitrary dismissal, and political favoritism, tenure has become a common expectation of teacher employment.

In addition, some argue that K - 12 teachers are not in need of the same «academic freedoms» as professors and that there is not the same threat today of unfair working conditions or arbitrary dismissals.

Today, through due process requirements, tenure still protects teachers from arbitrary dismissal, and also provides some protection from political, ideological, or other pressures from administrators, school boards, or parents.

Still, for all my agreements and admiration, I despise the arbitrary dismissals and male posturing, akin to the very artists he put down.