History of IDEA
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Past Educational Opportunity Reports
Juniority rights
- 05-25-2010
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Blog by Claus von Zastrow/Public Insights
Is teaching a young person's game? That seems to be the prevailing belief in some quarters. Teachers with lots of experience cost more, and that makes them easy targets in a deep recession. Some pundits have taken this issue well beyond complex debates over seniority rights. They're pushing for something new: Call it juniority rights. A growing number of bloggers and think tank folk are arguing that we should let older teachers go because they're older. Teachers with juniority don't merely cost less than their more experienced peers. They also have that Teach for America (TFA) cachet. An ideal school system, it seems, would regularly push the old-timers out. Some are suggesting that we let teachers stay in their jobs for 5-10 years, max. (more...)
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