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Naomi Schaefer Riley With so much talk about teacher tenure in K - 12 schools, it's easy to overlook the fact that there's another tenure debate going on in...

The CT Parents Union, who is hosting the rally at the State Capitol, is pushing for the widespread use of school vouchers and an end to teacher tenure in Connecticut.

With so much talk about teacher tenure in K - 12 schools, it's easy to overlook the fact that there's another tenure debate going on in higher education.

This changes the game when it comes to teacher tenure in Colorado.

The concept of teacher tenure in American public education, as Dana Goldstein documents in her book The Teacher Wars, was an idea originally imported from Germany.

In 2012, he called for major changes to teacher tenure in Connecticut, earning praise from ConnCAN, an education reform group promoting charter schools.

We believe that the image is journalistically irresponsible because it unfairly paints teachers and teacher tenure in a negative light.

Tenure and achievement: When Florida legislators eliminated teacher tenure in 2011, they argued that making it easier to get rid of bad teachers could lead to better student academic results.

The prevailing public discourse surrounding the effects of teacher tenure in public education is starkly divided.

In a 2 - 1 decision, with Judge Chris Dillon agreeing in part with the majority, the three - judge appeals court panel found that the repeal of teacher tenure in 2013, a bill signed by Gov. Pat McCrory, amounted to an illegal taking of contract and property rights.

Massachusetts was the first state to introduce teacher tenure in 1886.

California attorney Michael Smith of Lozano Smith in Fresno spoke about how the Vergara v. California court case has the potential of overturning teacher tenure in the state.

Although Malloy's proposal to end tenure failed, we are now learning that the CEO of ConnCAN, the charter school advocacy group, is working to file a lawsuit to end teacher tenure in Connecticut.

Dan Goldhaber, a labor economist at the University of Washington, and Eric Hanushek, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford, were two of the expert witnesses who spoke against teacher tenure in Vegara v. California.

More on the federal suit filed against Connecticut, backed by Students Matter, the California - based group that recently challenged teacher tenure in the Vergara vs. California case.

This is the team that's assembling to challenge teacher tenure in New York courts by the end of the summer.

State laws governing teacher tenure in most states make implementation of such plans unlikely.

During last year's address to the legislature, Malloy also mentioned teacher tenure in a statement that surprised some observers as a bold move by a Democrat.

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MIT's first tenured female marketing professor was voted the B - school's «Teacher of the Year» in 2014, an honor she was nominated for three times previously.

You'd be surprised, a lot of HS wrestling coaches in this country are gym teachers looking to make a few extra bucks or unqualified guys kissing up to their athletic director in an attempt to get tenured.

He was followed by C. Russell Mason whose tenure (1939 - 1959) included formation of the Natural Science Workshop to train teachers and youth leaders in natural history education and the founding of residential camp Wildwood.

Nevertheless, Cuomo was successful this year in forming a new teacher evaluation system as well as making it harder for teachers to obtain tenure — a move that state lawmakers felt they had no choice but to accept given the policy's linkage to an increase in school aid.

NYSUT was opposed to the tax credit, but the labor union had its hands full on other key issues, including Gov. Andrew Cuomo's effort to once again overhaul teacher evaluations, weaken teacher tenure laws and strengthen charter schools in addition to the perennial push for more school aid.

State lawmakers earlier this year agreed to a package of education policy changes that linked test scores to evaluations as well as in - classroom observation and made it more difficult for teachers to obtain tenure.

In addition, teachers whose students» test scores are consistently low; those who have failed to secure their teaching certificates on time; those who haven't had a permanent position for six months or more; those who've faced department probes leading to substantiated allegations of misconduct; and those granted an extension regarding tenure could also be dismissed.

The city's teachers union this week failed yet again in its effort to stop a lawsuit that aims to prove that the state's tenure laws and «last in, first out»...

In its review of the contract, Educators 4 Excellence, an advocacy group of teachers that often was aligned with the Bloomberg administration's goals, gave the contract a barely passing grade and said it «overlooked several critical issues,» such as class sizes and a tenure - granting process that the group believes ought to be more closely linked to teacher performance.

The increase in school aid is contingent on passage of a package of changes to teacher evaluation, tenure, and other procedures called the Education Opportunity Agenda.

And it includes an increase in the charter school cap plus changes to the teacher tenure system.

But in recent weeks, Cuomo has indicated he will begin to emphasize a new direction in education after a legislative session that saw yet more changes to the state's teacher evaluation system that linked performance reviews to tenure as well as student test scores and in - classroom observation.

Elia's selection comes at a crucial time for education policy in New York: State lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo approved a new teacher evaluation measure in the 2015 - 16 state budget last month, a move that was deeply opposed by the state's teachers unions for its weakening of tenure.

Cuomo has proposed an extra $ 1 billion in school aid, but only if lawmakers agree to revamp the state's new teacher evaluation system and require more experience for teachers to qualify for tenure.

The suits were prompted by a California judge's ruling in June striking down that state's teacher tenure laws.

New York State United Teachers, a union that remains powerful by virtue of its 600,000 members regardless of its losses in the recent election cycle, denounced Cuomo's letter on Thursday, arguing that his apparent priorities — strengthening teacher evaluations, lengthening the probationary period before teachers may get tenure and boosting charter schools — are handouts to pro-charter billionaire hedge funders who give generously to his caTeachers, a union that remains powerful by virtue of its 600,000 members regardless of its losses in the recent election cycle, denounced Cuomo's letter on Thursday, arguing that his apparent priorities — strengthening teacher evaluations, lengthening the probationary period before teachers may get tenure and boosting charter schools — are handouts to pro-charter billionaire hedge funders who give generously to his cateachers may get tenure and boosting charter schools — are handouts to pro-charter billionaire hedge funders who give generously to his campaigns.

Still, voters do approve of at least one of Cuomo's proposals: 62 percent support Cuomo's proposal to make teachers eligible for tenure in five years, rather than three years as it is now.

Heastie, however, said that the probationary period would be extended from three years to four years, and teachers» evaluations would be a factor in tenure decisions.

Sixty - four percent of 5,832 eligible public school teachers were given tenure by the city in the 2014 - 15 school year, up from 60 % the previous year.

As part of the deal, teacher tenure would increase from three to four years and schools will see big increases in state aid.

Mr. Cuomo had declared he would boost education funding by just over $ 1 billion only if the legislature agreed to adopt his reform plans — which included state receivership of failing schools, an increase in the charter cap, new teacher evaluations based on state exams, and changes to teacher tenure.

But many of his proposals — such as toughening up evaluation systems teachers barely agreed to in the first place, firing teachers with bad ratings, tying tenure to evaluations, and increasing the cap on charter schools — are sure to be met with ire from politically powerful state and city teachers union.

She tried to influence contract talks, she's worked to require greater background checks for teachers and has voiced support for a lawsuit in California to weaken teacher tenure.

«John King's tenure in New York was very adversarial, leaving families, students and teachers without a voice on important issues and therefore I can not support his nomination at this time,» Gillibrand said in a statement.

The governor has proposed making it harder for teachers to get the job protection of tenure and easier to remove educators who are incompetent or engaged in misconduct.

He said Tuesday that he needed to do further research on a court ruling in California that struck down teacher tenure laws there, but he was cautiously supportive.

At Cuomo's urging, the Legislature pushed through some reforms in 2015, tying tenure to teacher performance instead of time in the classroom, and requiring teachers be evaluated for tenure after four years on the job, rather than three.

Micah Lasher pushed Mr. Bloomberg's agenda in Albany from 2010 until 2012, when he got the gig heading up the newly formed New York chapter of StudentsFirst, a national organization that advocates expanding charter schools and eliminating teacher tenure.

The statewide teachers union, NYSUT, whose political influence is strongest in the Democratic - led Assembly, has railed against the new evaluation law and how it is tied to teacher tenure.

In a precedent - setting decision, a Staten Island judge ruled last week that the Department of Education took illegal shortcuts in firing a tenured teacheIn a precedent - setting decision, a Staten Island judge ruled last week that the Department of Education took illegal shortcuts in firing a tenured teachein firing a tenured teacher.

The move comes after NYSUT pushed back this year against efforts by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to overhaul the state's teacher evaluation system, with the performance evaluations linked to both standardized test results and in - classroom observation, while also making it more difficult for teachers to obtain and keep tenure.

Education policy issues are due to dominate the legislative session once again next year after lawmakers and Cuomo agreed to changes in the state's teacher evaluation the state's teachers unions deeply opposed in part due to the weakening of tenure and making it harder to obtain.