Perspective
Feb. 13, 2014
Rethinking teacher tenure is long overdue
In the past 10 years, just 19 tenured teachers in the entire state of California have been terminated for performance. By Daniel Weisberg
California students are guaranteed a quality education by the state Constitution. California teachers are guaranteed a host of protections under state law. Is it possible that those guarantees sometimes conflict with one another? And if they do, what's the solution? These questions are before a judge as we speak.
In Vergara v. California, 484642 (filed May 14, 2012), nine students are challenging laws that shield ineffecti...
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