What's more, Treu added, evidence at trial showed that
teacher protections embedded in California law disproportionately hurt black and Hispanic students, who are far more likely than their peers to be assigned truly bad teachers.
The case supported by Students Matter, Davids v. New York, challenges several job
protections embedded into state statute, including «last in, first out,» which generally requires districts to lay off
teachers in reverse seniority order.