Sentences with phrase «teacher dismissal cases»

We excluded instances of conflicts between schools and teachers (such as teacher dismissal cases) and between schools and nonstudent outsiders (such as drug - and weapon - free - zone cases that did not involve students), as well as student rights cases focused exclusively on free speech issues (that is, those not combined with the school's use of suspension, expulsion, corporal punishment, and transfer).

Not exact matches

Weil noted that while states and districts continue to refine their systems, in most cases consequences tied to these systems, including the dismissal of low - performing teachers, have been in place since day one.

In ruling on the due - process question, the appeals court overturned a district court's decision to dismiss the case, which involved a San Antonio science teacher's claim that he was «constructively discharged «3from his position without a hearing prior to his dismissal.

That being the case, teacher dismissal policies and procedures can have profound implications for how much students learn.

«The evidence this court heard was that it could take anywhere from two to almost ten years and cost $ 50,000 to $ 450,000 or more to bring these cases to conclusion under the Dismissal Statutes, and that given these facts, grossly ineffective teachers are being left in the classroom.»

She pointed out that the California Teachers Association has racked up three wins since spring, with the appellate court's unanimous ruling to overturn Vergara, the Supreme Court's decision this week to decline to review the case and the thwarting of her own bill that would have made changes to teacher tenure and dismissal procedures.

The LAUSD Board will hold a special closed session on Tuesday, December 4 to confer with its legal counsel about the Doe v. Deasy case and to discuss labor negotiations: Board Members Monica Garcia and Tamar Galatzan will also introduce a resolution calling on state legislators to change «the lengthy, expensive [teacher] dismissal process required...

In this case, an «at - will» teacher filed a lawsuit challenging her dismissal by the charter school, claiming it did not comply with the Education Code provisions applicable to school districts.

The Wright v. New York case was first filed in 2014, when nine families from across the state brought suit against the State of New York and others, claiming that teacher tenure, dismissal, and quality - blind layoff laws deprive New York children of their right to a sound basic education as guaranteed under the New York State Constitution.

Yet many local, state, and national union leaders have not pressed for more rigorous evaluation systems for fear that such systems may result in the dismissal of additional teachers for poor performance and may strengthen the case for performance - based pay at the expense of the single - salary schedule.

The defendants lost the case last June when Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Rolf Treu struck down California's laws regarding teacher tenure, layoffs and dismissals by saying they deny students access to a quality public education.

It's a case that could overhaul major parts of state laws that govern teacher dismissal and tenure opportunities.

Brown's most memorable story for me is the 2012 piece she did about the teacher dismissal process in Fairfax, Va: Teacher tenure: a Fairfax schools firinteacher dismissal process in Fairfax, Va: Teacher tenure: a Fairfax schools firinTeacher tenure: a Fairfax schools firing case.

Defendants in the case, the state and teacher unions, are trying to prove that these other factors make it difficult for the nine - student plaintiffs to show that state laws governing teacher dismissal, seniority and tenure should be struck down as impediments to a quality education.

The case of Vergara v. California seeks to overturn five laws involving teacher tenure, dismissals and the last - in, first - out layoff policies.

When he asked whether she opposed an effort in the state Assembly efforts to streamline the dismissal process in cases of teacher involvement with drugs, sex with students and child abuse, she said she didn't recall.

The dismissal process for tenured teachers is straightforward and allows both sides to present a case.

In the landmark case, Vergara vs. California, nine student - plaintiffs, are arguing that the California teachers» seniority, tenure and dismissal laws violate their fundamental, constitutional right to a quality education.

In giving the state an «F» in dismissing ineffective teachers, the report makes a direct reference to the Vergara case, in which Judge Rolf Treu struck down the current teacher employment laws that govern seniority, dismissal and layoffs, saying they helped keep ineffective teachers in poor performing schools.

In the unreported ET case of Barnes & Carter v Greenacres School (February 2012), the dismissal of two special needs teachers for making inappropriate and unprofessional comments about students on Facebook was upheld.

«Ohio court hearing arguments in school Bible case»: The Associated Press has a report that begins, «Attorneys for a fired public school science teacher who kept a Bible on his desk plan to argue before the Ohio Supreme Court that the teacher's dismissal was unconstitutional.»