Tenure
Recruitment & Retention
Despite Vergara Ruling, Teacher-Tenure Battles Set to Heat Up
The Vergara lawyers' strategy of casting tenure laws as a violation of students' rights has provided a blueprint for continuing debate, experts say.
Teaching Profession
Poll Finds Decreasing Public Support for Teacher-Tenure Laws
Coming on the heals of the death of the Vergara challenge against teacher job protections, a new poll says that just three in ten support teacher-tenure laws.
Teaching Profession
Calif. Supreme Court Puts an End to Vergara Saga
After four years and two copycat lawsuits, the California Supreme Court, by declining to hear an appeal of the Vergara case, hands teachers unions a big victory.
Teaching Profession
Nearly 50 Denver Teachers Lose Tenure Over Poor Evaluations
Dozens of veteran Denver educators will lose their tenure status due to a 2010 state law, which was passed as part of an effort to win Race to the Top dollars.
Recruitment & Retention
Miami Teachers Look to Sue District Over Merit Pay Raises
Miami teachers are turning to a popular crowdsourcing site to fund a lawsuit over how the district is implementing a 2011 state law that mandated the adoption of merit-based pay scales.
Teaching Profession
Bill Revamping Teacher Tenure in California Gets Support
In the wake of the-Vergara appeals decision, a bill to revamp teacher tenure in California has gotten some initial support.
Law & Courts
Vergara Reversal Spotlights Ongoing Equity Concerns
While affirming the constitutionality of California's teacher job-protection laws, the state appeals court decried "deplorable" school-staffing arrangements.
Teaching Profession
Anti-Tenure Law Rejected by North Carolina Supreme Court
The state's highest court rules that lawmakers can't take away tenure rights already granted to teachers.
Teaching Profession
Reactions to Vergara Reversal Point to Continuing Battles, Equity Concerns
Not surprisingly given the history of the case, the new ruling in the Vergara v. California case has been met conflicting reactions—as well as vows on both sides to press for change.
Teaching Profession
Breaking: Vergara Ruling Overturned by State Appeals Court
A California appeals court has reversed the trial court's original ruling in Vergara v. the State of California, the landmark case on teacher job-protection provisions.
Recruitment & Retention
Minnesota Faces a Vergara-Style Lawsuit on Teacher Job Protections
Four Minnesota mothers, represented by both local and national advocacy groups, have filed suit in a district asserting that the state's teacher-tenure protections keep bad teachers in classrooms, where they are dooming thousands of Minnesota children to substandard educations.
Recruitment & Retention
Teacher Placements on Trial in Colorado 'Mutual Consent' Case
Colorado's highest court is wading into the teacher tenure debate by agreeing to hear a case over how Denver Public School is placing tenured teachers on unpaid leave.
Teaching Profession
Vergara Appeal Brings Out a Who's Who in Ed. Policy
Scores of education advocacy groups, scholars, law experts, and politicians have filed friend-of-the-court briefs on both sides of the Vergara appeal.
Recruitment & Retention
New Calif. Lawsuit Seeks to Compel Use of Tests in Teacher Evaluation
From the team that brought you the Vergara v. California lawsuit comes a new legal challenge aimed at forcing districts to use test scores to evaluate their teachers.