To: SoldierDad
"If you truly believe what you posted to me, then you live in a dream world. Do you really believe that a determined administrator could not come up with a legally defensible reason for firing someone given the tenure safeguard was removed?"
Not a dream world at all. NYC has hundreds of teachers removed from the classroom and placed into non-teaching positions because they cannot be fired without incurring massive legal expense.
77 posted on
02/02/2007 2:09:53 PM PST by
dashing doofus
(Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber)
To: dashing doofus
I was referring to the prospect of the removal of tenure while believing that teachers would be shielded from capricious firings from other laws regarding employment. Without tenure, if an administrator wishes to fire a quality teacher because he/she just doesn't like that person, then it would be easy to generate a reason for firing them. Tenure prevents that. Unfortunately, it also shields those who do need to be fired. There is no easy answer for this dilemma.
79 posted on
02/02/2007 2:39:30 PM PST by
SoldierDad
(Proud Father of a 2nd BCT 10th Mountain Soldier fighting the terrorists in Iraq)
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