Perspective
Oct. 5, 2011
Pink-slipped: System for teacher layoffs under attack
Attempts to reform California's system for laying off teachers are misguided. By James Baca and Anthony P. DeMarco of Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo
By James Baca and Anthony P. De Marco
California's archaic system for laying off teachers is under attack. The perception is that the rigid seniority-based approach has a negative impact on minority and low socioeconomic students, as well as those with other learning disadvantages. Recent litigation and the pending appeals aim to remedy these negative impacts by immunizing certain school sites within a school district from seniority-based layoffs. Despite go...
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