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2014-06-11 Government

Judge strikes down California teacher tenure

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Posted by gorb 2014-06-11 10:29|| || Front Page|| [11124 views ] Top

#1 Judge Rolf Treu cited the historic case of Brown v. Board of Education in ruling that students have a fundamental right to equal education

Alinsky them - Make them live up to their own rules(!) by using the SCOTUS established law.

Posted by Procopius2k 2014-06-11 12:02|| 2014-06-11 12:02|| Front Page Top

#2 Good teachers will welcome this decision. They have nothing to fear. Actually, they have everything to gain. The tenure system kept them tied to the school district where they got their tenure. If they leave that district to go somewhere else where the pay scale is better, they lose tenure and go back to the bottom of the pay scale. IOW, they cannot take their seniority or their tenure with them to another district if they feel they are not getting a good deal in their district. This way, districts can compete for the best teachers...districts will have to compete for the best teacher. So the pay may actually end up being better for competitive teachers. Shhhh! Don't tell the unions!

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2014-06-11 12:11|| 2014-06-11 12:11|| Front Page Top

#3 Of course the reason the inept teachers (not to mention the pedophiles, etc...) are stuck in poor schools is that their victims often simply can't challenge them in court.

And what is wrong with running the risk of being fired 'on a whim'? My employer can come in today and say, "Crazy - meet your personal stuff at the door - your fired." and there isn't a legal thing I can do about it unless it was discrimination.

Such a system will attract the lazy and incompetent - "If I can last, or fake it, 2 years - I'm set for life!".

Posted by CrazyFool 2014-06-11 12:51|| 2014-06-11 12:51|| Front Page Top

#4 9th court will have this overturned pronto.

Hopefully that would mean escallatin to the Supreme Court and then the law ruling would be national.

Posted by rjschwarz 2014-06-11 14:55|| 2014-06-11 14:55|| Front Page Top

#5 Heh, must have been that rousing speech Mrs. O gave at that Topeka High School Graduation Ceremony.

Posted by swksvolFF 2014-06-11 15:45|| 2014-06-11 15:45|| Front Page Top

#6 Daughter and her Spouse are both Math teachers and have been on the receiving end of tenure treatment; I call this a damn good thing.

Posted by USN, Ret. 2014-06-11 20:10|| 2014-06-11 20:10|| Front Page Top

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