/tenure Tenure en-US 2021 (c) Education Week Tue, 19 Mar 2019 16:57:30 GMT /teaching-learning/advocacy-group-seeking-to-end-teacher-tenure-has-lost-its-last-staff-member/2019/03 The Partnership for Educational Justice, which was founded by school reform activist Campbell Brown, has lost its executive director as it focuses resources toward an anti-tenure lawsuit. Tue, 19 Mar 2019 16:57:30 GMT /teaching-learning/advocacy-group-seeking-to-end-teacher-tenure-has-lost-its-last-staff-member/2019/03 /teaching-learning/lawsuit-to-overturn-new-yorks-teacher-tenure-laws-heads-to-trial/2018/03 A case challenging New York's teacher-tenure laws will move to trial despite the union's attempts to dismiss it, an appellate court ruled. Thu, 29 Mar 2018 19:19:17 GMT /teaching-learning/lawsuit-to-overturn-new-yorks-teacher-tenure-laws-heads-to-trial/2018/03 /leadership/no-such-thing-as-tenure-or-permanent-teachers-colorado-court-rules/2018/03 Colorado's Supreme Court last week ruled against teachers who are fighting a state law that allows school districts to put teachers on unpaid leave without a hearing. Wed, 21 Mar 2018 13:29:35 GMT /leadership/no-such-thing-as-tenure-or-permanent-teachers-colorado-court-rules/2018/03 /teaching-learning/are-evaluation-and-tenure-reforms-scaring-away-prospective-teachers/2018/02 An "unintended consequence" of teacher-evaluation and teacher-tenure reform might be that fewer candidates are pursuing careers in teaching, researchers found. Tue, 06 Mar 2018 15:10:42 GMT /teaching-learning/are-evaluation-and-tenure-reforms-scaring-away-prospective-teachers/2018/02 /teaching-learning/after-curb-on-unions-wisconsin-teacher-salaries-fell/2017/11 Teachers in Wisconsin are earning less money and exiting the profession at higher rates than they were before the state restricted unions' collective-bargaining rights, according to a study from a left-leaning think tank. Mon, 20 Nov 2017 18:02:52 GMT /teaching-learning/after-curb-on-unions-wisconsin-teacher-salaries-fell/2017/11 /teaching-learning/a-fine-line-on-forced-placement-of-teachers-in-new-york-city/2017/07 New York City schools that still have open teaching positions this fall will be assigned educators from the city's "absent teacher reserve" pool, the education department there recently announced. Wed, 19 Jul 2017 19:39:03 GMT /teaching-learning/a-fine-line-on-forced-placement-of-teachers-in-new-york-city/2017/07 /leadership/california-districts-may-soon-have-more-time-to-make-tenure-decisions/2017/06 A bill passed in the California Assembly on Thursday would give districts more timetime—up to three yearstime—to decide whether to fire or permanently hire teachers. Mon, 05 Jun 2017 15:45:00 GMT /leadership/california-districts-may-soon-have-more-time-to-make-tenure-decisions/2017/06 /leadership/new-push-in-california-to-extend-time-for-teachers-to-be-eligible-for-tenure/2017/03 The previous efforts have faced setbacks in both the courts and at the ballot box. Fri, 24 Mar 2017 20:14:17 GMT /leadership/new-push-in-california-to-extend-time-for-teachers-to-be-eligible-for-tenure/2017/03 /leadership/study-when-tenure-is-taken-away-teachers-leave/2017/03 After Louisiana made changes that weakened its tenure system, teachers left the profession in droves, a study finds. Wed, 01 Mar 2017 18:42:33 GMT /leadership/study-when-tenure-is-taken-away-teachers-leave/2017/03 /teaching-learning/minn-teacher-tenure-lawsuit-revived/2017/01 Parents appeal an October ruling that concluded that they hadn't sufficiently linked tenure laws with poor student achievement. Tue, 17 Jan 2017 22:26:25 GMT /teaching-learning/minn-teacher-tenure-lawsuit-revived/2017/01 /teaching-learning/newark-parents-file-suit-against-new-jerseys-teacher-tenure-law/2016/11 The six parents are being backed by the same nonprofit that supported teacher tenure challenges in Minnesota and New York. Fri, 04 Nov 2016 17:25:45 GMT /teaching-learning/newark-parents-file-suit-against-new-jerseys-teacher-tenure-law/2016/11 /leadership/minnesotas-vergara-style-lawsuit-dismissed/2016/10 The judge ruled that the future of teacher tenure laws should be decided by the legislature, not the courts. Fri, 28 Oct 2016 20:23:40 GMT /leadership/minnesotas-vergara-style-lawsuit-dismissed/2016/10 /teaching-learning/christie-asks-n-j-high-court-to-revoke-teacher-tenure-in-struggling-districts/2016/09 The Christie administration is arguing that the only way to improve education in the state's poorest districts is to ditch teacher job protections. Fri, 16 Sep 2016 14:00:00 GMT /teaching-learning/christie-asks-n-j-high-court-to-revoke-teacher-tenure-in-struggling-districts/2016/09 /leadership/kansas-supreme-court-weighs-tenure-repeal-law/2016/09 Kansas's highest court will decide whether a 2014 law stripping teachers of their due process protections met constitutional muster. Tue, 13 Sep 2016 14:10:26 GMT /leadership/kansas-supreme-court-weighs-tenure-repeal-law/2016/09 /leadership/despite-vergara-ruling-teacher-tenure-battles-set-to-heat-up/2016/08 The Vergara lawyers' strategy of casting tenure laws as a violation of students' rights has provided a blueprint for continuing debate, experts say. Tue, 30 Aug 2016 00:29:36 GMT /leadership/despite-vergara-ruling-teacher-tenure-battles-set-to-heat-up/2016/08 /teaching-learning/poll-finds-decreasing-public-support-for-teacher-tenure-laws/2016/08 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. Tue, 23 Aug 2016 14:00:51 GMT /teaching-learning/poll-finds-decreasing-public-support-for-teacher-tenure-laws/2016/08 /teaching-learning/calif-supreme-court-puts-an-end-to-vergara-saga/2016/08 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. Mon, 22 Aug 2016 21:22:11 GMT /teaching-learning/calif-supreme-court-puts-an-end-to-vergara-saga/2016/08 /teaching-learning/nearly-50-denver-teachers-lose-tenure-over-poor-evaluations/2016/07 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. Wed, 20 Jul 2016 19:20:00 GMT /teaching-learning/nearly-50-denver-teachers-lose-tenure-over-poor-evaluations/2016/07 /leadership/miami-teachers-look-to-sue-district-over-merit-pay-raises/2016/05 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. Fri, 27 May 2016 18:36:20 GMT /leadership/miami-teachers-look-to-sue-district-over-merit-pay-raises/2016/05 /teaching-learning/bill-revamping-teacher-tenure-in-california-gets-support/2016/05 In the wake of the-Vergara appeals decision, a bill to revamp teacher tenure in California has gotten some initial support. Tue, 24 May 2016 21:31:00 GMT /teaching-learning/bill-revamping-teacher-tenure-in-california-gets-support/2016/05 /policy-politics/vergara-reversal-spotlights-ongoing-equity-concerns/2016/04 While affirming the constitutionality of California's teacher job-protection laws, the state appeals court decried "deplorable" school-staffing arrangements. Mon, 25 Apr 2016 16:33:57 GMT /policy-politics/vergara-reversal-spotlights-ongoing-equity-concerns/2016/04 /teaching-learning/anti-tenure-law-rejected-by-north-carolina-supreme-court/2016/04 The state's highest court rules that lawmakers can't take away tenure rights already granted to teachers. Tue, 19 Apr 2016 16:05:07 GMT /teaching-learning/anti-tenure-law-rejected-by-north-carolina-supreme-court/2016/04 /teaching-learning/reactions-to-vergara-reversal-point-to-continuing-battles-equity-concerns/2016/04 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. Fri, 15 Apr 2016 18:48:22 GMT /teaching-learning/reactions-to-vergara-reversal-point-to-continuing-battles-equity-concerns/2016/04 /teaching-learning/breaking-vergara-ruling-overturned-by-state-appeals-court/2016/04 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. Thu, 14 Apr 2016 22:20:24 GMT /teaching-learning/breaking-vergara-ruling-overturned-by-state-appeals-court/2016/04 /leadership/minnesota-faces-a-vergara-style-lawsuit-on-teacher-job-protections/2016/04 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. Thu, 14 Apr 2016 16:49:44 GMT /leadership/minnesota-faces-a-vergara-style-lawsuit-on-teacher-job-protections/2016/04 /leadership/teacher-placements-on-trial-in-colorado-mutual-consent-case/2016/03 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. Wed, 30 Mar 2016 14:00:00 GMT /leadership/teacher-placements-on-trial-in-colorado-mutual-consent-case/2016/03 /teaching-learning/vergara-appeal-brings-out-a-whos-who-in-ed-policy/2015/09 Scores of education advocacy groups, scholars, law experts, and politicians have filed friend-of-the-court briefs on both sides of the Vergara appeal. Fri, 18 Sep 2015 13:16:33 GMT /teaching-learning/vergara-appeal-brings-out-a-whos-who-in-ed-policy/2015/09 /leadership/new-calif-lawsuit-seeks-to-compel-use-of-tests-in-teacher-evaluation/2015/07 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. Fri, 17 Jul 2015 14:40:00 GMT /leadership/new-calif-lawsuit-seeks-to-compel-use-of-tests-in-teacher-evaluation/2015/07 /teaching-learning/opinion-reason-3-why-cta-needs-to-reimagine-tenure-now/2015/06 Before I move on to reason number three for why the California's Teacher Association (CTA) needs to reimagine tenure now, let me recap reasons number one and two. Reason number one is to restore faith in our public school system. Reason number two is because we need to ensure that our most vulnerable students are with our best teachers. Reason number three: Teachers want it. Tue, 30 Jun 2015 02:48:20 GMT /teaching-learning/opinion-reason-3-why-cta-needs-to-reimagine-tenure-now/2015/06 /leadership/respondents-file-brief-countering-unions-claims-in-vergara-appeal/2015/06 The appeals process in the Vergara case will likely close out 2015. Wed, 24 Jun 2015 22:23:00 GMT /leadership/respondents-file-brief-countering-unions-claims-in-vergara-appeal/2015/06