A handful of California parents have sued the state over five laws that allegedly concentrate poorly performing teachers in schools that primarily serve disadvantaged and minority students. Filed today in the California superior court, the lawsuit takes aim at California rules that: require tenure... Read Full Post >
Layoffs by seniority continue to be one of the touchiest issues in teacher-quality policy, as recent action in Pittsburgh and Rhode Island show, often pitting teachers' unions against groups that argue that such rules negatively impact students by not taking performance into account. This week saw... Read Full Post >
Two AFT affiliates are dealing with tricky issues arising from efforts to reduce the weight given to seniority in personnel decisions. Read Full Post >
Certain schools in Los Angeles would gain new freedom to hire teachers in their building, to avoid certain district directives, and to cancel parts of the teachers' contract under a new agreement brokered by the school district and its local teachers' union. Read Full Post >
Team R & R over at the Center for American Progress has an article that explores some of the themes Teacher Beat wrote about in this post with respect to the cost-effectiveness and impact on student achievement of laying off teachers by seniority level rather than effectiveness. Eduwonk (and possi... Read Full Post >
A bill to end "last-in, first-out" layoff policies in Georgia has passed both chambers of the legislature and is on its way to Gov. Nathan Deal for signature. Read Full Post >
Utah is poised to bar teacher layoffs based on seniority criteria. Read Full Post >
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan offers more details about what it means to revisit things like seniority and layoff policies. Read Full Post >
A paper examines which teachers in Washington State were most likely to receive a pink slip under current layoff criteria. Read Full Post >
Baltimore teachers said thanks, but no thanks, to a new contract that would have based their pay on student outcomes and professional development, instead of seniority and degrees. Read Full Post >
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