Posted on 10/25/2015 6:32:06 AM PDT by george76
A lawsuit seeking to have New York's teacher tenure protections ruled unconstitutional will advance, thanks to a judge's ruling late Friday afternoon.
Teachers unions filed a motion to dismiss the case, but their motion was denied.
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The parents seeking to invalidate the teacher tenure protections argue the law robs children of their right to a basic education.
"Teachers in New York City are more likely to die on the job than be replaced because of poor performance," according to the Partnership for Educational Justice, which is backing the case. Roughly 30 percent of New York students are proficient in math and reading.
In one example of why parents find the suit necessary, Brown tells the story of parents who dropped their students off for the first day of school and found out that their first grade teacher had previously been found guilty of physically abusing students. Instead of being fired, the teacher took anger management classes and was fined $2,500 before being sent back to the classroom.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
in my late 20 and early 30s i was friends with and dated some teachers. not the brightest bunch.
and some were always in a bad mood. i heard the way they talked to the kids over the cell phone. .
tenure. wow.
No wonder : 30 percent of New York students are proficient in math and reading.
IF I could dismantle & start over with the education system in the USA, I would:
1. Ban UNIONS.
2. Ban TENURE.
3. Put all the control of the education back into the control of individual states.
A New York Judge demonstrates common sense, reason and logic, shows some promise.
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