The budget - cutting dismissal of 2,100
permanent teachers last year disproportionately affected three schools in low - income and minority areas, violating the state constitutional right of students to an equal and proper education, according to the lawsuit.
Not exact matches
NYC spent nearly $ 25 million
last year paying
teachers who were removed from
permanent classroom gigs because of alleged misconduct or incompetence, new Education Department figures show.
View key facts and statistics from the Vergara v. California trial, including information about Plaintiffs» witnesses, the long - term impact of ineffective
teachers and the harm caused by California's
permanent employment, dismissal and «
last - in, first - out» layoff laws.
Last year, a survey by the Times Educational Supplement indicated only one in seven new
teachers had obtained
permanent posts.
«Many parents will be shocked to learn that David Cameron's government has changed the rules to allow unqualified
teachers into the classroom on a
permanent basis, leading to a 16 % rise in the
last year alone.»
House Education Committee Chairman John Kline (R - MN) was critical of
last year's $ 10 billion Edujobs funding, arguing that a
teacher bailout wouldn't create
permanent jobs and that supplementing state budgets only postpones tough decisions while making states more dependent on the federal government.
Three key aspects to the state's
teacher policies were challenged: the way tenure («
permanent employment») is granted, the process for firing
teachers, and the
last - in - first - out method of laying off
teachers when it's financially necessary.