Mr. Cuomo protected New York City teachers, one of the state's most powerful political forces, by blocking Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's proposal this winter to immediately end
teacher seniority protections.
Not exact matches
She said she has disagreed with past legislation that would do away with
protections for senior
teachers, but thinks there may be some sort of formula that takes more than just
seniority into account.
The Big Dog, however, was willing to end welfare as we know it, infuriating the left; Cuomo has passed up the chance to challenge Democratic orthodoxy and tell the
teachers unions that
seniority protections need to end because the archaic rules are damaging the unions» credibility even more than they're hampering what goes on in the classroom.
Some
teachers, however, were especially critical of Mayor Michael Bloomberg's push to abolish
seniority protection,
The plaintiffs detailed the many ways in which
seniority protection placed
teacher interests ahead of those of minority students.
Teachers who entered the profession under these rules and patiently served their time, waiting for the rewards of
seniority, are understandably resistant to measures that would significantly alter pay scales, job
protections, or work rules.
In April, the California Court of Appeal overturned the trial court's ruling in Vergara v. California [i], in which a group of families had challenged the constitutionality of state laws governing
teacher tenure [ii](California state law automatically grants tenure to
teachers after sixteen months, provides extra due process
protections to
teachers over and above those available to other state workers, and requires schools to use
seniority rather than competency in layoff decisions.)
The Washington Post reported that the court decided «tenure,
seniority and other job
protections for
teachers have created unequal conditions in public schools and deprive poor children of the best
teachers.»
(California state law automatically grants tenure to
teachers after sixteen months, provides extra due process
protections to
teachers over and above those available to other state workers, and requires schools to use
seniority rather than competency in layoff decisions.)
The case arose from a challenge, funded by anti-union organizations, to five California statutes that provide K - 12
teachers a two - year probationary period, stipulate procedural
protections for non-probationary
teachers facing termination, and emphasize
teacher seniority in reductions of force.
A bit more than a year ago a California Superior Court, ruling in Vergara v. California, overturned California statutes guaranteeing due process
protections for K - 12
teachers with more than two years experience (so - called «
teacher tenure») and layoff by
seniority.
The tight budgetary environment played a big supporting role in the D.C. contract, in which
teachers got a 21.6 % salary boost and a bucket of bonus dollars in return for substantial concessions on job
protections,
seniority, and merit pay.
Teachers unions, who have the money and the membership to exercise considerable clout in many state legislatures, defend tenure,
seniority and other job
protections as simply guaranteeing due process.
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.
Missing from the convention agenda, however, was that the prior week a judge heard initial arguments in a lawsuit aimed at dismantling Minnesota's union - orchestrated tenure and
seniority «
protections» for public school
teachers.
He struck down
teacher tenure
protection,
seniority - based job
protection and existing disciplinary policy on the grounds that they were unconstitutional and harmed students.
When a California judge earlier last week struck down
teacher tenure
protections, his reasoning was that poor students were being harmed when bad
teachers with
seniority were retained while younger, better
teachers were either not hired or let go in layoffs.
In an unusual request, the state Department of Education last week sent a short survey to every district and charter school asking them about their layoffs of
teachers technically called «reductions in force» (RIFs) over the past five years, and about the impact of
seniority protection on their «ability to manage their personnel.»
There's no
teacher tenure or
seniority protection.
Represented by Los Angeles law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, the plaintiffs allege
teacher protections such as tenure,
seniority rules in layoffs and other
teacher dismissal statutes disparately keep ineffective
teachers in the classroom in violation of the state constitution's equal
protection clause.
Translation: Decisions about who gets a raise, a wanted transfer or
protection from layoff will continue to be based mostly on how many and what kinds of college credits
teachers earn, and on that old union standby,
seniority.
He also has tried to limit job and
seniority protections and to speed up the dismissal of
teachers accused of serious misconduct or ineffectiveness in the classroom.
The Incite Agency, founded by former White House press secretary Robert Gibbs and former Obama campaign spokesman Ben LaBolt, will lead a national public relations drive to support a series of lawsuits aimed at challenging tenure,
seniority and other job
protections that
teachers unions have defended ferociously.
If it is successful, the Vergara case will eliminate some
teacher tenure
protections, limit
seniority, and diminish collective bargaining rights.
Specifically, the pattern of veteran
teachers» leaving disadvantaged schools and novice
teachers» staying in disadvantaged schools is more pronounced in districts with strong CBA
seniority transfer
protections.
Attorneys Theodore Boutrous, far right, and Marcellus McRae, second from right, represent nine California public school students who are suing the state to abolish its laws on
teacher tenure,
seniority and other
protections.
Over the last quarter century, the
teachers unions have clearly been the most powerful force in American education, and they have clearly been using their extraordinary power — in collective bargaining at the local level, in the political process at the state and national levels — to undermine major reform and to burden the schools (via
seniority provisions, the
protection of bad
teachers, and all the rest) with ineffective forms of organization.
That agreement, which took two and a half years and a mediator's help to negotiate, gave
teachers a 21 percent raise over five years while weakening
seniority and other job
protections.
Jonah Edelman, its founder and the son of children's advocate Marian Wright Edelman, has raised millions of dollars in funds from the Gates and Walton Foundations, as well as many top business executives, and now pursues policies central to the corporate education agenda, including support of charter school expansion, the evaluation of
teachers based on test scores and the elimination of their
seniority protections.
State Superintendent of Public Instruction candidate Marshall Tuck this week launched a petition calling on his opponent, incumbent Superintendent Tom Torlakson, not to appeal a lawsuit ruling that struck down statutes giving California
teachers firing
protections and rights to tenure and
seniority.
While this brief focuses on Act 10's impact on Wisconsin
teachers based on the data available, the same forces driving changes in the teaching workforce can also affect the broader public sector.3 Proponents of Act 10 insisted that reducing collective bargaining rights for
teachers would improve education by eliminating job
protections such as tenure and
seniority - based salary increases.
Their supporters argue that children pay the price for such job
protections as
teacher tenure and
seniority.
He argues that the Commonwealth Foundation and Pennsylvania School Boards Association make the case for eliminating the
seniority protection «only from an economic angle,» and that firing veteran
teachers would cause educational quality to suffer.
Deborah Gist (class of 2008), Rhode Island Commissioner of Education, has supported the firing of all
teachers in Central Falls and more recently in Providence, and is aggressively fighting
seniority protections for
teachers.
The plan called for an «infusion of philanthropic support» to recruit
teachers and principals through national school - reform organizations; build sophisticated data and accountability systems; expand charters; and weaken tenure and
seniority protections.
Eli Broad has said he «expects to be a major contributor» to Students First, former D.C. Chancellor Michelle Rhee's organization that advocates for the expansion of charters, vouchers, and an end to
seniority protections for
teachers.
The request comes after a California Superior Court struck down various
teacher tenure and
seniority statutes under that state's constitution and the U.S. Constitution's Equal
Protection Clause in the Vergara v. California case.
Thus, the highest number of points — 138 of the 500 - point scale that Duncan and his staff created for the Race — would be awarded based on a commitment to eliminate what
teachers» union leaders consider the most important
protections enjoyed by their members:
seniority - based compensation and permanent job security.