Sentences with phrase «weaken tenure protections»
Indeed, Pam Benigno, director of the Education Policy Center at the Independence Institute, called it a «landmark day in Colorado,» saying the bill «will align evaluated teacher and principal effectiveness more closely with student academic growth and weaken tenure protections for consistently ineffective teachers.»
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In other words, a lawsuit similar to Vergara's could be a vehicle to implement sweeping change to teacher rules and protections beyond tenure, significantly weakening the power of local unions.
When he accepted the job, he was part of a rising educational reform movement that drew lessons from the corporate world, like increasing parent choice through innovations like charter schools, weakening traditional union protections like tenure and bringing numbers - based accountability to schools to evaluate and rank them and to improve teaching.
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.