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.

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Read EdWeek's explainer to the Vergara v. California teacher-tenure case.

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No federal database tracks teacher misconduct, and states' attempts to share information suffer from sloppiness.

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The emails, obtained through an open-records request, include sexual references.

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Scores of education advocacy groups, scholars, law experts, and politicians have filed friend-of-the-court briefs on both sides of the Vergara appeal.

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The appeals process in the Vergara case will likely close out 2015.

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A judge's ruling last summer to overturn teacher-protection statutes was thinly argued and misread state constitutional law, they contend.

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Unions say they'll appeal a Staten Island judge's decision March 12 to permit a challenge to the state's teacher-employment protections to move forward.

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Today, a court will consider whether the Davids v. New York lawsuit, which seeks to overturn key sections of New York's tenure, layoff, and dismissal laws, will move forward.

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One of the California lawyers in the Vergara case hints that constitutional provisions in Minnesota make it ripe for a similar challenge.

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