tenure

QOD: Public Education is the Only Institution that Pretends that Millennials Will Have Life-Long Careers

Mike Petrelli in the New York Times: Tenure reform is no education game-changer. Tenure is just one part of a…

10 years ago

L.A. Judge Says that Seniority-Based Job Security is Unconstitutional

From KPCC:A Los Angeles Superior Court judge on Tuesday called California’s teacher job protections illegal, issuing a tentative ruling striking…

10 years ago

Why We Need to Get Rid of LIFO

New Jersey clings to the student-unfriendly policy of laying off school staff in order of seniority regardless of classroom effectiveness.…

11 years ago

QOD: How Do Teachers and the Public Disagree About Teacher Employment Policies?

Teachers and the public disagree over other teacher employment policies. . . . Seventy-six percent of the public think that…

11 years ago

QOD: Cerf Pulls No Punches

Chris Cerf’s parting shot, addressed to NJ school leaders, addresses NJEA’s increasingly assertive campaign against new standardized testing, teaching evaluations,…

11 years ago

NJEA President: Fire Newark Superintendent Cami Anderson

Newark Update: After a vote of “no confidence," hostile meetings,  and personal attacks (or at least a reference to her…

11 years ago

Cami Anderson’s Proposal to Use Teacher Quality as the Basis for Lay-offs of 1,000 Newark Teachers

As you all no doubt know by now, Newark Superintendent Cami Anderson has submitted a waiver to the NJ Department…

11 years ago

How’s NJ’s New Tenure Law Working Out?

How’re we doing after almost one year of NJ’s new tenure law, which shortens the  process of arbitrating disputes between…

11 years ago

NCTQ on New Jersey’s Teacher Evaluation System

The National Council on Teacher Quality has just released its 2013 report on states’ progress in improving teacher evaluation systems.…

11 years ago

Ed Reform Bill: Walton Foundation and NEA are BFF’s?

This morning NY Times columnist Frank Bruni suggests that we should pay attention to pending educational changes in Colorado, specifically…

11 years ago