Within Schools, Novice Teachers Paired With Struggling Students
Novice and minority teachers tended to be assigned the lowest-achieving students in their schools, according to a new research study. Read Full Post >
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April 29, 2013
February 04, 2013
R.I. Chief: Districts Must End Seniority Hiring, Transfer
R.I.'s commissioner put districts on notice that hiring and transfer processes contravene state law. Read Full Post >
August 13, 2012
Los Angeles Seniority Settlement Overturned
A court nullifies a ruling shielding Los Angeles schools from layoffs, arguing that it impinges on teachers' seniority rights. Read Full Post >
June 25, 2012
StudentsFirst Raises $7.6 million in 2010-11
Education advocacy group StudentsFirst seems to have raised about $7.6 million between its founding in October 2010 and July 2011, according to tax forms released today by the group. Read Full Post >
June 15, 2012
Mass. Union, Advocacy Group Strike Seniority Deal
The Massachusetts Teachers Association and Stand For Children have compromised on a bill to reduce the weight of seniority in the Bay State. Read Full Post >
May 15, 2012
Calif. Lawsuit Challenges Teacher Tenure, Layoff, Due-Process Statutes
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 >
May 04, 2012
Seniority Layoffs Preserved In Minnesota, Debated in Missouri
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 >
April 26, 2012
Seniority Still a Splinter Issue in AFT Districts
Two AFT affiliates are dealing with tricky issues arising from efforts to reduce the weight given to seniority in personnel decisions. Read Full Post >
November 30, 2011
L.A. Pact Would Offer Contract, Hiring Flexibility
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 >
April 12, 2011
End to LIFO Layoffs Imminent in Georgia
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 >
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