Sentences with phrase «state tenure laws»

The paper makes a number of recommendations for federal and state policy that would reform state tenure laws and district tenure processes:

States should improve their teacher licensing processes to ensure that the effectiveness of all teachers is assessed on a regular basis as a condition for the granting and renewal of a state teaching license — regardless of the particular criteria for evaluation and tenure laid out in state tenure laws and collective bargaining contracts

By a 4 - 3 vote, a divided court decided not to hear Vergara vs. California, a case challenging state tenure laws.

The decision, which was enthusiastically endorsed by Education Secretary Arne Duncan, brings a close to the first chapter of the case, Vergara v. California, in which a group of student plaintiffs backed by a Silicon Valley millionaire argued that state tenure laws had deprived them of a decent education by leaving bad teachers in place.

Villaraigosa's support for a legal challenge to state tenure laws and his accusation that teacher unions blocked change while he was mayor, made the former Los Angeles union organizer a pariah to his old union, and to the statewide CTA, years ago.

In each case, the court looked at whether the repeal of the state tenure law unconstitutionally impacted teachers» contract rights.