Sentences with phrase «found 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.

Not exact matches

New York, NY — A stunning analysis of teacher disciplinary proceedings reveals how existing tenure laws make it nearly impossible to fire tenured teachers in New York even after they are found guilty of fireable offenses.

Under Colorado's law, passed with bipartisan support and signed by Gov. Bill Ritter Jr. on Thursday, even tenured teachers who are found to be «ineffective» for two consecutive years could lose job protections, and possibly their jobs.

The landmark case in which in which a court found the state's laws regarding teacher tenure, firings and layoffs are unconstitutional has become a litmus test for public officials.

However, because of the state's tenure law, which guarantees a paycheck to teachers regardless of whether any principal wants to retain or hire them, Ms. Anderson's new policy will cost the district an extra $ 10 million to $ 15 million a year that will go to paying the teachers who are not able to find jobs within the district.

Across both states we find evidence of decreases in teacher absences for probationary teachers who are subject to the new extended tenure laws, and in Washington, we find a significant reduction in absences in the specific year in which tenure was extended.

There, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge found similar state laws unconstitutional, ruling that tenure rules disproportionately saddle poor and minority students with «grossly ineffective» teachers, a violation of the right to equality of education spelled out in California's constitution.