Tenure is Not the ProblemTeacher protections are not why poor schools are failing. Segregation is. By Richard D. Kahlenberg | Originally Published at Slate. June 13, 2014 On Tuesday, a California court struck down state teacher tenure and seniority protections as a violation of the [...]
By Paul L. Thomas, Ed.D. | Originally Published at The Becoming Radical. June 12, 2014 [Reposting from Truthout as a response to the Vergaras ruling in California to dismantle tenure. See also Adam Bessie's A Tale of Two Vergaras: Of Stardom and the End of Teacher Tenure.] [...]
Julia Macias, at a news conference Tuesday, was one of nine students who claimed tenure laws left bad teachers in place. Credit Monica Almeida/The New York Times Months ago we asked; could it be that at present education policies are designed to serve only a selected population. [...]
By David Sirota | Originally Published at PandoDaily. May 27, 2014 Last week, Gov. Chris Christie announced he will take $2.4 billion owed to New Jersey’s public pension system and use it instead to balance the state’s current budget. To hear Christie tell it, he has no [...]
Principal Troy LaRaviere was one of only a few principals to speak against budget cuts announced last July. LaRaviere says under Mayor Rahm Emanuel's hand-picked schools administration, principals have been told they must voice support for policies such as the longer school day. By Linda Lutton | [...]
President Obama and 2014 National Teacher of the Year finalists applaud Sean McComb, second from right, a high school English teacher from Maryland, as the 2014 National Teacher of the Year during an event at the White House. | Photograph Credit/Susan Walsh/AP By Ross Brenneman | Originally [...]
By Ted Cox | Originally Published at DNAinfo Chicago. May 5, 2014 RIVER NORTH — Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis threatened Monday to throw another round of labor unrest into the midst of next year's municipal elections, specifically targeting Mayor Rahm Emanuel. "Maybe it's time we [...]
By Amy B. Dean | Originally Published at YES! Magazine. April 18, 2014 Teachers are fighting the privatization wave by connecting with families right where they live. Science teacher Nick Faber walks to school after a home visit with a student's family. The Parent-Teacher Home Visit [...]
Towards Achievement with Integrity By Dennis Shirley | Originally Published at Worlds of Education Volume 43 - Apr 2014 March 25, 2014 | Download [pdf] Image by World Bank Photo Collection via Flickr On the other hand, cheek by jowl with these impressive achievements, age-old [...]
