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Positives, negatives, problems and some suggestions for tenure
- 12-03-2010
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Opinion by Stephen Blum/Thoughts on public Education
Stephen P. Blum is the president of the Ventura Unified Education Association and a member of the Ventura County Community College Board of Trustees.
The term tenure describes the employment status of a permanent teacher in most public school systems. Tenure provides permanent teachers a “property right” to employment and provides significant guarantees of due process for a teacher facing dismissal charges. Much has been written recently regarding tenure for public school teachers. Tenure is often misunderstood and politicized. Here are some positives, negatives, problems, and suggestions. Positives of tenur. Tenure was instituted years ago to protect good teachers from angry parents, micromanaging school board members, and/or incompetent administrators. (more…)
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