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Major changes to teacher tenure, hiring and firing coming in Illinois?
- 04-15-2011
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Blog by Sean Cavanagh/Education Week
Numerous Illinois lawmakers say they have struck a deal with unions and education advocates on a proposal that would make sweeping changes to the job protections and rights of teachers across the state. The contours of the agreement are still emerging, and the legislation could very well change, going forward. But supporters of the proposal are touting it as the antithesis of recently enacted laws on collective bargaining in Wisconsin and Ohio, which have roiled the political waters and provoked union outrage in those states. According to a summary provided by one of the measure's authors, the Illinois proposal would make major changes to teachers' seniority and tenure protections—while also carving out separate rules in some areas for the 409,000-student Chicago school district. (more...)
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