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At his charter school, ex-UTLA head would target tenure
- 09-01-2011
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By Howard Blume/Los Angeles Times
A.J. Duffy, who headed a teachers union that has long fought against charter schools, now is starting his own. And some of his ideas are going to trouble some educators and his friends in the labor movement. The longtime anti-charter crusader wants to make it harder for teachers to earn tenure protections and wants to lengthen that process. He even wants to require teachers to demonstrate that they remain effective in the classroom if they want to keep their tenure protections. And if a tenured teacher becomes ineffective, he wants to streamline dismissals. (more...)
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