Sentences with phrase «tenure laws around»

Racially tinged expletives have been hurled atMichelle Rhee, the former D.C. schools chancellor, while an entire Web sitehas been created to lampoon Campbell Brown, the former CNN anchor who is challenging teacher tenure laws around the country.

In July 2014, Campbell Brown, a CNN anchor - turned - education - activist, stood outside of City Hall in Manhattan and announced an effort to overturn tenure laws around the nation, beginning in New York.

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The lawsuit is the first of what many analysts expect will be numerous legal challenges around the country following a landmark decision in June by a California Superior Court judge who struck down the tenure system there as unconstitutional under state law, saying it unfairly saddled students in high - needs schools with low - performing teachers.

In a historic ruling yesterday, a Los Angeles Superior Court Judge declared California's laws around teacher tenure, seniority and related policies to be unconstitutional.

Brown and her allies hoped the negative attention around tenure would help pressure state legislators to rewrite tenure laws.

We have a unique opportunity to help our students and our teachers by improving our state's law around the tenure process for teachers.

Among these are the implementation of LCFF, with all school districts approving their Local Control Accountability Plans (LCAPs) by July 1, the primary election for Superintendent of Public Instruction, the deadline for districts» administration of pilot versions of Common Core State Standards tests, and a ruling in the Vergara lawsuit, around teacher tenure and job protection laws and students» right to access equal education.

State Sen. Teresa Ruiz (D - Essex), the Senate education chairwoman who shepherded the new tenure law, has said she will have legislation ready in the coming months, but given the vitriol around charter schools the last four years, the debate is unlikely to be quick and easy.

NEW YORK — Since the Republican takeover of state legislatures around the country, states have been passing loudly - trumpeted laws that revamp teacher evaluations and tenure, tying performance reviews to standardized test scores.