History of IDEA
Jeannie Oakes, Founder and Former Director
Youth Voice in School Finance
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Without Dollars and Sense Powerpoint
Past Educational Opportunity Reports
The truth about K-12 teacher tenure
- 04-27-2010
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Blog by Jeanette DeMain/A Hard Day's Blog
It's a subject that can make even the most progressive person hem and haw just a little. People who are otherwise die-hard union supporters often distance themselves from it. It drives conservatives absolutely nuts. And I find that it's one of the more misunderstood concepts around. I'm talking about K-12 public school teacher tenure. (As opposed to higher ed tenure, which is an altogether different animal.) The number one myth surrounding K-12 teacher tenure is that it means that a teacher has a job for life. If you can find me a tenure law that guarantees that, then I'll...actually, you can't find a tenure law that guarantees that, so I'm not even going to bother making any promises. (more...)
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