Sentences with phrase «tenure protections while»

Nearly 4 of 5 Tuck supporters, 79 percent, said they wanted to eliminate teacher tenure protections while 69 percent of Torlakson voters said preserving due process protection was a higher priority.

Not exact matches

«Academic freedom that only tenure can provide is critical for the protection of scientists,» George Leikauf wrote, while Toby Walsh asked, «Wouldn't it be better to argue that we need to consider how tenure is awarded so all can profit from the freedom it brings...?»

While we certainly see the strong benefit of offering job security for teaching - track faculty (and recognize that higher levels of job protections likely attracts more excellent teachers to the university), giving them de facto tenure would eliminate this important lever for department chairs, deans and provosts.

Understanding that public sentiment against union excesses and the protection of bad teachers is on the rise, they have tried to paint themselves as reformers while also disputing the fact that «teacher tenure» is a codeword for «job -LSB-...]

While both bills would tie tenure directly to teacher evaluations, Diegnan's bill wouldn't go quite as far as Ruiz's and would give teachers greater protections and grounds to appeal.

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.

This tenure system, according to the handout, should also address «the mistaken notion that tenure «is a job for life» while keeping protections in place to ensure members» jobs are not threatened for inappropriate personal or political reasons that have nothing to do with classroom effectiveness.»

Before second - grade teacher Kimberly Patterson received tenure and the ironclad job protections it provides, she said, «my principal never set foot in my classroom while I was teaching.»

While these changes can't match the pensions, union protections, and tenure provisions teachers have at many traditional schools, they mark a significant shift for charters.

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.

Reformer Michelle Rhee has noted that while there should be protections in place so that teachers can't be fired for arbitrary reasons, she doesn't think we need to reform tenure; she doesn't see any need for it at all.

Think about what Campos is doing: if you were able to make a very nice salary in 40 hours a week while enjoying the protections of tenure, would you bite the hand that feeds you?