Sentences with phrase «challenged teacher seniority»

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The Big Dog, however, was willing to end welfare as we know it, infuriating the left; Cuomo has passed up the chance to challenge Democratic orthodoxy and tell the teachers unions that seniority protections need to end because the archaic rules are damaging the unions» credibility even more than they're hampering what goes on in the classroom.

The UFT is appealing a state judge's ruling that allowed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of teacher tenure and seniority rights to proceed.

Besides challenging seniority - based layoffs, the shortage of experienced math and science teachers in inner - city districts — a problem that single salary schedules make worse — could inspire a lawsuit.

But opportunities to advance were mostly based on teacher seniority, the pay was low, and he was eager for a fresh challenge in a new environment.

In April, the California Court of Appeal overturned the trial court's ruling in Vergara v. California [i], in which a group of families had challenged the constitutionality of state laws governing teacher tenure [ii](California state law automatically grants tenure to teachers after sixteen months, provides extra due process protections to teachers over and above those available to other state workers, and requires schools to use seniority rather than competency in layoff decisions.)

The case arose from a challenge, funded by anti-union organizations, to five California statutes that provide K - 12 teachers a two - year probationary period, stipulate procedural protections for non-probationary teachers facing termination, and emphasize teacher seniority in reductions of force.

He's aware, though, that he'll have a tough sell with teachers unions, which give lip service to more - stringent teacher evaluations but prefer existing pay and promotion schemes based on seniority — even though they often end up matching the least experienced teachers with the most challenging students.

The suit also challenged the «last hired, first fired» laws that require districts to follow seniority during layoffs and dismiss the least - senior teachers first, with exceptions for those with needed and specialized skills.

Fordham's Mike Petrilli and AEI's Mike McShane discuss the spread of legal challenges to state laws governing teacher tenure, dismissal, and seniority in the wake of the Vergara v. California ruling, in which a court struck down California's laws governing teacher employment as unconstitutional.

Seniority, tenure, bumping rights, LIFO — all of these policies make it easier for teachers to choose (and remain in) the schools they want and harder for administrators to assign them — especially the most senior and likely most effective among them — to schools where they might do more good in classrooms with more challenging (but needier) kids.

Villaraigosa praised Melvoin's role in the Reed v. California lawsuit, which challenged the L.A. district's system of laying off teachers based on seniority.

When filed by attorneys on behalf of students at three Los Angeles Unified middle schools in 2010, the lawsuit challenged the state law mandating teacher layoffs based on seniority.

The Stull, Reed and Vergara lawsuits, all of which have successfully challenged Blob work rules like tenure and seniority and fought to get a realistic teacher evaluation system in place, have seen Republicans and Democrats working together to undo the mess that McLaughlin and his ilk have helped to create.

Melvoin worked on the ACLU's Reed v. California lawsuit, which challenged LA Unified's seniority - based teacher layoff policies, by helping recruit former students and co-workers from Markham to join the lawsuit.

The case supported by Students Matter, Davids v. New York, challenges several job protections embedded into state statute, including «last in, first out,» which generally requires districts to lay off teachers in reverse seniority order.

DeBose and Vergara are among nine students challenging state laws on teacher dismissal, seniority and tenure that they say violate their right to an effective education.

In 2011, the court issued a ruling in the case, protecting 45 low - income schools from budget - based layoffs, a direct challenge to the existing practice of basing teacher layoffs solely on seniority.

While Republicans are aiming to weaken teachers unions through such policies as private - school vouchers and legal battles over dues collection, the unions are colliding with Democrats who are challenging bedrock labor rights, such as seniority and teacher tenure.

Originally seen as a challenge to teacher seniority, Reed vs. California was filed in 2009 by the ACLU on behalf of students at three low - income schools against the state and the LA Unified school district, alleging that widespread seniority - based layoffs enacted during the budget crisis of 2008 — 2009 disproportionately affected low income and minority students, depriving them of equal access to a quality education.

Specifically, Vergara challenges the last - in, first - out statute dictating seniority - based lay - offs, teacher tenure and procedures for firing teachers.

Unlike Torlakson, who has been endorsed by California's two main teachers unions and the state Democratic Party, Tuck opposes California's generous teacher tenure system, has challenged the law that bases teacher layoffs on seniority and believes strongly that student's standardized test scores should be a factor in teacher evaluations.

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 Incite Agency, founded by former White House press secretary Robert Gibbs and former Obama campaign spokesman Ben LaBolt, will lead a national public relations drive to support a series of lawsuits aimed at challenging tenure, seniority and other job protections that teachers unions have defended ferociously.

The lawyers at Gibson Dunn first became aware of the teacher unions» practice of bundling political activities with job - related benefits in their dues structure while preparing for Vergara v. California — a lawsuit brought by California public - school students challenging five seniority statutes that harm low - income children by entrenching grossly ineffective teachers in their schools.

In some cases the Gates Foundation is immediately engaged in financing educators to offering direct challenges to teacher unions on such issues as the seniority system and and the use of student test scores to evaluate teachers.

In the past year, a lawsuit challenging state laws on teacher tenure, dismissals and layoffs by seniority has consumed much of the debate over education in California.

During the campaign, Tuck criticized the unions» influence over the Legislature and brought attention to Vergara v. the State of California, the lawsuit challenging current teacher employment laws, including teacher tenure after two years, a lengthy dismissal process and layoffs based on seniority.