That the bill would create a mechanism for teachers to
lose tenure protections if they are found to be ineffective is «a big deal,» Cerf said.
Colorado teachers who receive a bad evaluation two years in a row will now
lose their tenure protections.
Teachers ranked in the two lowest categories for two consecutive years are subject to
losing their tenure protection and, potentially, their jobs.
Not exact matches
Backers of teacher
tenure lost another battle to defend the job -
protection practice when a Brooklyn court refused to toss a lawsuit challenging it.
Tenured educators will be in danger of
losing the
protection if they receive an ineffective rating for two consecutive years.
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.
A bill before the Legislature would use the ratings as a major factor in determining which teachers receive or
lose lifetime
tenure protections and who would be the first to go in the case of layoffs.
We witnessed the damage when summary firings were the reform du jour of charter advocates, and teachers
lost union
protections in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, in Washington, D.C. under Michelle Rhee's stint as chancellor, and in Newark, NJ, during Cami Anderson's beleaguered
tenure as the city's school chief.