Sentences with phrase «skeptical of teacher tenure»

And voters are skeptical of teacher tenure (both Republicans and Democrats plurality opposed).

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Public assessments of local schools would shift in a more skeptical direction; support for universal voucher initiatives, charter schools, and the parent trigger would increase; limits to teacher tenure would gain greater public support; and both teachers unions and demands for increases in teacher salaries would confront greater public skepticism.

Aaron Pallas, a professor of education at Teachers College of Columbia University and a frequent critic of the accountability system, said that while Mr. Polakow - Suransky's tenure as a teacher and a principal lend him credibility, his years as part of Mr. Klein's inner circle «will leave other people skeptical that he can show independence.»