Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Rolf M. Treu found five California laws governing the hiring and firing of teachers unconstitutional. But it was his language, more than the ruling itself, that will shake the political debate.
Treu found that the statutes permit too many grossly incompetent teachers to remain in classrooms across the state — and found that those teachers shortchange their students by putting them months or years behind their peers in math and reading.
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It is about time! and from the Liberal State of CA. This is a double whammy, blow to the unions and the ability to get rid of poor performing teachers... just like any other business can! Boom!
WHY should ANY job be PROTECTED? You can't do your job - you get fires! You don't do your job - you get fired! You aren't special!
In many schools administration are very hard to work with. They have their favorites and would protect them no matter how bad they are. They will also get rid of people (conservative) teachers that are outspoken and want change. Remember, the crazy libs in the system want the statous quo.
At Salisbury University....the students pay b/w 50-100,000 dollars a Semester while Ms. Piggy President rakes in a 1/4 Million a year, free food-drinks-car-house and some of the other Professors rake in big DOE....
Won't stand on appeal.
There is a process for ditching poor or horrible teachers. Just because it is cumbersome and administrators do a crappy job of following it should not destroy the tenure that effective teachers earned.
Bulk of their bad teachers are undoubtedly graduates of California colleges and universities, and state certified; you reap what you sow.
Tenure is a two edged sword. It was adopted because school boards and administrators ran rough shod over teachers who displeased them - for any reason. That still happens - even locally.
If the pendulum has swung too far, modifying the process is within the purview of the legislature.
Could wait longer to award it; could be for a fixed period of time; could require added courses, etc.
Doubt the judge really was empowered to take the step he did.
Get your popcorn.
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