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At the urging of Mayor Villaraigosa and his Partnership for Los Angeles School, the ACLU and Public Counsel filed a lawsuit (Reed v. Smith) on behalf of Gompers, Liechty, and Markham Middle Schools arguing that the children's constitutional right to a quality education was being violated due to the disproportionate impact of teacher layoffs at those schools.

The teacher layoffs at Gompers, Liechty and Markham denied students their right to equal educational opportunity as guaranteed by the state Constitution.

Judge Grants Injunction in Landmark Education Lawsuit That Will Prevent Further Teacher Layoffs at Three LAUSD Schools

The purpose of the education funding is twofold: to help states address their budget deficits — education is one of the largest expenditures — and to forestall teacher layoffs at the local level.

But the settlement reached with the District at that time did not bring the necessary resources and it resulted in teacher layoffs at non-Reed Schools?

Teachers and parents in Jackson Heights voiced their concerns over teacher layoffs at a town hall meeting hosted by Councilman Danny Dromm (D - Jackson Heights) and United Federation of Teachers Queens District 30 Representative Barbara Mylite on Monday.

Today I am proud to announce that Governor Cuomo heard our call, and at a press conference today at Yonkers City Hall, the Governor and I announced new State funding that will save all programs, including art, music and sports, restore full - day pre-k, and prevent teacher layoffs at Yonkers Public Schools.

Mayor Villaraigosa was joined today by LAUSD Deputy Superintendent John Deasy, Board Member Yolie Flores, lawyers from the ACLU - SC, Public Counsel, and Morrison & Foerster, LLP, as well as teachers from Gompers Middle School to discuss the details of the settlement agreement in Reed v. State of California, et al., a class action suit that claimed the plaintiffs» constitutional rights to a quality education was being violated by the disproportionate impact of teacher layoff at their schools.

Not exact matches

Sources said Mulgrew announced at the convention that the union will run a Democratic primary fight against Manhattan Assemblyman Jonathan Bing, who has proposed a bill to curb the «last hired, first fired» provision that protects veteran teachers from layoffs.

He said that it wasn't a coincidence that New York State is one of only 14 states whose per - student spending is back up at pre-2008 levels and New York City is the only large city that has not had teacher layoffs.

Mulgrew called the attacks on pensions, the threat of teacher layoffs, the fight to change seniority layoff rules, the targeting of teachers in the Absent Teacher Reserve pool, and the record number of proposed school closings «part of the mayor's strategy to throw everything at us at once.teacher layoffs, the fight to change seniority layoff rules, the targeting of teachers in the Absent Teacher Reserve pool, and the record number of proposed school closings «part of the mayor's strategy to throw everything at us at once.Teacher Reserve pool, and the record number of proposed school closings «part of the mayor's strategy to throw everything at us at once.»

Over the years, a lack of funding at the district level has led to layoffs of staff, teachers, social workers and deans.

The Education Department's list of teacher layoffs would cut as much as 70 percent of teaching staff at some schools.

Angry at the idea of teacher layoffs?

With so many other cuts under consideration, including thousands of teacher layoffs, it's unclear whether this will become a priority at the City Council.

At a news conference, the mayor said that Gov. Cuomo's bill does not rid the state of its seniority - based layoff system in time for his plan to lay off 4,600 teachers this year.

The radio spot was launched six days after the City Council and Mayor Bloomberg arrived at a budget deal that averted the 4,200 teacher layoffs that the mayor had been threatening for months.

Those layoffs would be felt heavily in the city's poorest neighborhoods, where schools tend to have the newest teachers,» Bloomberg testified at a state budget hearing this week.

Mayor Bloomberg and Schools Chancellor Joel Klein have made layoffs — currently estimated at more than 4,000 teachers — the centerpiece of their attempt to balance the city's budget.

Speaking at the last public hearing before the City Council and City Hall finalize next year's budget by the June 30 deadline, Mulgrew said the UFT has repeatedly brought ideas to the table on how to close the city's projected budget gap without teacher layoffs, such as cutting back on outside contractors at the Department of Education or using a portion of the city's rainy - day fund.

The Bronx UFT office hosted NAACP President Beverly Roberts, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. and dozens of educators at a press conference on March 10 to denounce the threat of teacher layoffs and budget cuts.

Teacher layoffs would come on top of the mayor's proposal to slash child care subsidies for low - income families, which would put even more children at risk, Mulgrew said.

The message to the mayor from the more than 600 UFT members, parents, students and supporters at Brooklyn Borough Hall on May 5 was clear: he has the money to prevent teacher layoffs and child care cuts.

The $ 68.7 billion budget, unveiled at City Hall, includes no new teacher layoffs and no additional cuts from those laid out when the administration previously updated its budget in the fall.

In an impressive display of unity and grassroots outrage, several thousand UFT members, parents and students came out on May 5 at four simultaneous rallies across the city to say no to teacher layoffs and child care cuts.

With New York City schools planning for up to 8,500 layoffs, new teachers like Mr. Borock, and half a dozen others at his school, could be some of the ones most likely to be let go.

It is interesting to note, however, that some teachers who receive layoff notices are well into their careers, implying that at least some districts in the state are making judgments about which teachers should be laid off based on criteria other than seniority.

The authors next look at what would happen if the existing seniority - driven system of layoffs were replaced by an effectiveness - based layoff policy, in which teachers are ranked according to their value - added scores and districts lay off their least effective teachers.

A new study by Dan Goldhaber and Roddy Theobald from the University of Washington looks at the characteristics of teachers who were targeted for layoffs in Washington state, and at the impact of LIFO provisions on student achievement.

Finally, starting with the least effective teachers in each district and moving up the effectiveness ladder, enough teachers are assigned to a hypothetical layoff pool to achieve a budgetary savings for each district that is at least as great as the budgetary savings each district would have seen had all the teachers who received a layoff notice in 2008 — 09 actually been laid off.

• The state could prohibit collective bargaining agreements which elevate seniority over competency in layoffs and which facilitate the «Dance of the Lemons» (such as when senior teachers are granted «bumping rights» over less senior teachers working at other schools).

A major class - action settlement that gives LAUSD teachers layoff protection at several dozen schools in high - poverty areas has been invalidated by the California 2nd District Court of Appeal.

Additionally, supermajorities of California voters support policy changes to elevate teacher quality, including either eliminating teacher tenure or lengthening the time before teachers receive tenure from the current eighteen months to at least four years, taking performance into account when making layoff decisions, and making it easier to let go of underperforming teachers.

The Disproportionate Impact of Seniority - Based Layoffs on Poor, Minority Students Looking at the 15 largest districts in California authors Cristina Sepe and Marguerite Roza, demonstrate that teachers at risk of layoff are concentrated in schools with more poor and minority students, concluding that «last in, first out» policies disproportionately affect...

The «last in, first out» layoff policy devastates schools in low - income neighborhoods and demolishes new teacher morale — a factor that has contributed at least in part to the current teacher shortage.

Maine's school boards are being urged to eliminate seniority clauses from teachers» contracts as the result of a state high - court decision, handed down this summer, that state law does not protect tenured teachers at the expense of nontenured teachers in layoff decisions.

The parties in a 4 - year - old lawsuit challenging mass layoffs of teachers at low - income middle schools in Los Angeles Unified announced a settlement Tuesday that an attorney called a potential model for creating a stable work force in schools beset by teacher churn.

Plaintiffs» lawyers in the Reed lawsuit had argued that the disproportionately high percentage of layoffs at the middle schools — 70 percent of teachers at one school — violated students» constitutional right to an equal opportunity for an education.

When filed by attorneys on behalf of students at three Los Angeles Unified middle schools in 2010, the lawsuit challenged the state law mandating teacher layoffs based on seniority.

Are Lewis and her leadership ready to accept a more lucrative offer at the price of thousands of teacher layoffs?

«At this point, I think 17 (teacher) layoffs is face - saving... in a kind of a perverse way, to say they at least laid off some people.&raquAt this point, I think 17 (teacher) layoffs is face - saving... in a kind of a perverse way, to say they at least laid off some people.&raquat least laid off some people.»

There is no mention at all about better ways to choose which teachers stay and which teachers go should layoffs become necessary.

He also expressed outrage at a system that shields veteran teachers from layoffs, regardless of their competence.

Looking at the 15 largest districts in California authors Cristina Sepe and Marguerite Roza, demonstrate that teachers at risk of layoff are concentrated in schools with more poor and minority students, concluding that «last in, first out» policies disproportionately affect the programs and students in their poorer and more minority schools than in their wealthier, less minority counterparts.

Mayor Bloomberg and Schools Chancellor Joel Klein have made layoffs — currently estimated at more than 4,000 teachers — the centerpiece of their attempt to balance the city's budget.

At a loud and emotional board meeting Monday night, the San Antonio Independent School District finalized layoffs for 132 teachers and 31 campus and central office administrators, part of an effort to close a $ 31 million budget gap.

The teachers union has every right to scream about funding cuts and potential layoffs (even if we won't have real numbers for several weeks at least).

The NCTQ looked at factors including how high a grade point average an applicant to a teacher training program needed to gain admittance; the amount of high - quality student teaching experience they will need to complete the program; and how layoffs are decided when necessary.

These first teacher layoffs since 1976 will undoubtedly be a complicated process, but it must be done before September and can not be done at the last minute.

Originally seen as a challenge to teacher seniority, Reed vs. California was filed in 2009 by the ACLU on behalf of students at three low - income schools against the state and the LA Unified school district, alleging that widespread seniority - based layoffs enacted during the budget crisis of 2008 — 2009 disproportionately affected low income and minority students, depriving them of equal access to a quality education.