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Taking On Teacher Tenure Backfires California Ruling on Teacher Tenure Is Not Whole Picture New York Times op - ed by JESSE ROTHSTEIN, associate professor of public policy and economics at the University of California, Berkeley

Only former L.A. mayor Antonio Villaraigosa commits to taking on teacher tenure and seniority laws if elected governor.

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Unless he is willing to take on the MTA and its many out of control unions, the teacher» union together with tenure and guaranteed return on teachers» pensions and the police unions on Long Island, he has nothing to say and will not get my vote.

As CalWatchdog.com's Chris Reed argued, «That is good news for those considering taking on public employee unions in 2016 with ballot measures putting limits on government pensions or scrapping state laws allowing teachers to receive lifetime tenure after less than two years on the job.»

Education took center stage this budget season in Albany, with teacher evaluations, testing, and tenure the major points of debate as New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and the legislature worked on the details of the spending plan, which passed this week.

Included among the proposed reforms is a teacher evaluation system based half on student test scores, an increase in the length of time before a teacher is eligible for tenure and allowing the state to take over failing schools and districts.

Also in this issue, new research findings on how teacher proximity impacts collaboration; an American journalist's take on sending her son to a Chinese school while living abroad; and an assessment of the tenure of former New Mexico Secretary of Education Hanna Skandera that looks ahead to whether her legacy will last.

Seventeen years into his tenure but just a few months before retirement, Peter McWalters took on that state's famously strong union, voiding teachers» seniority rights in the troubled Providence school district.

The full implementation of Judge Treu's striking down five laws that set rules for teacher dismissal, seniority rights and tenure will likely not take effect for years — or not at all if the state wins on appeal.

Now, with Republican governors like Scott Walker in Wisconsin and John Kasich in Ohio publicly taking on collective bargaining for public school teachers, replacing strict salary schedules with merit pay, and introducing value - added measures into decisions about salaries and tenure, events have caught up to his message.

«We are proud of the steps New York City has taken in recent years to strengthen tenure but we also recognize that we still don't have a fully fair, efficient system that protects teachers and students,» said April Rose, a fourth grade teacher in Queens, N.Y. «Our vision for tenure is to set a high bar and a clear process, and in doing so, allow district and school leaders to focus on more pressing concerns like reducing attrition among educators in their first few years and creating safe, supportive school environments.»

The reforms Rhee implemented — stringent teacher evaluations, a heavy emphasis on test scores, dismissals of ineffective teachers — have continued largely apace since Henderson took over, without the sturm und drang that accompanied Rhee's tenure.

They have already voted no to across the board teacher salary increases and continued the freeze on teachers» salaries that has been in place for 5 years (at the same time passed a tax break for the wealthy, and now, with reduced revenue can not give raises), increased class size, taken away additional pay for Masters degrees, eliminated most of the state's teacher assistants, gone after tenure and offered the top 25 % of the teachers in a district $ 500 to give up their tenure immediately, increased the number of charter schools (many funded by Republicans in the private school business) and finally, the most recent scheme pondered is to let kids go to any school in the state regardless of their home county.

As a result, they have been taking on union - backed policies of «tenure» that give teachers, almost regardless of ability, effective jobs for life.

On this week's Midweek Monitor, RiShawn Biddle takes a look at Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal's battle to expand school choice and end tenure; casts an eye on Iowa Gov. Terry Brandstad's efforts to improve teacher quality; and checks out the Connecticut Parents Union / StudentsFirst Rally with Michelle Rhee and MSNBC's Michelle BernarOn this week's Midweek Monitor, RiShawn Biddle takes a look at Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal's battle to expand school choice and end tenure; casts an eye on Iowa Gov. Terry Brandstad's efforts to improve teacher quality; and checks out the Connecticut Parents Union / StudentsFirst Rally with Michelle Rhee and MSNBC's Michelle Bernaron Iowa Gov. Terry Brandstad's efforts to improve teacher quality; and checks out the Connecticut Parents Union / StudentsFirst Rally with Michelle Rhee and MSNBC's Michelle Bernard.

The California Supreme Court's decision on whether to take up Vergara v. California, a landmark ruling that challenged teacher tenure and declared some school employment laws unconstitutional, could come as early as this afternoon.

Governor Dan Malloy used that quote to reiterate why the state should terminate tenure, shift to a teacher evaluation system that relies more heavily on standardized test scores and create something called the «Commissioner's Network» in which the state would take over 25 schools, fire the teachers, ban collective bargaining and turn the schools over to a third - party.

These newer groups» brand of education reform is data driven and accountability focused: They're advocating for stricter teacher evaluations that take student student performance on standardized tests into consideration; merit pay for teachers; better professional development for teachers; and the elimination or fundamental reworking of teacher tenure.

Take a «close reading» of the way the media decided to highlight Malloy's continued verbal assault on teacher tenure.

Following the original Vergara decision, Republican lawmakers introduced a package of three bills to extend the time it would take a teacher to earn tenure, to repeal the «last - in, first - out» statute that makes layoff decisions based on seniority, and to establish an annual teacher evaluation system.