Tenure
Recruitment & Retention
Former NFL Hall-of-Famer Rips Teacher Tenure
Fran Tarkenton, a Hall-of-Fame NFL quarterback, says teacher tenure gives employees no incentive to exceed expectations and perform better.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Former NFL QB Fran Tarkenton on Teacher Tenure
Teacher tenure gives employees no incentive to exceed expectations and perform better, former NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Fran Tarkenton argues in a recent Wall Street Journal editorial.
Recruitment & Retention
Opinion
How to Redefine Teacher Tenure
Once a protection against political reprisals, teacher tenure is now the scapegoat for a struggling economy, but it needn't be, writes Gary M. Chesley.
Teaching Profession
Bill to End Tenure, Create Merit Pay Awaits Florida Governor's Signature
A bill to eliminate teacher tenure and require districts to institute merit pay keyed to teacher evaluation awaits the signature of Fla. Gov. Rick Scott's desk.
Teaching Profession
Florida Tries Again With Teacher Pay Bill
Florida lawmakers reintroduced a bill that would make changes to teacher pay, this time including more safeguards and involving teachers in early negotiations.
Recruitment & Retention
More State Officials Take Aim at Tenure
Tough-talking New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has finally gone ahead and said that he wants to end teacher tenure in favor of five-year renewable teacher contracts, the Wall Street Journal And In Idaho, state Superintendent Tom Luna has also advocated and basing part of a teacher's salary on performance, the Idaho Statesman reveals.
Recruitment & Retention
Rhee's Advocacy Group: Abolish Tenure, Give Districts Evaluation Prerogative
Michelle Rhee's Students First group unveils its policy proposals, which include abolishing tenure and giving districts sole control over teacher evaluations.
Recruitment & Retention
Tenure Reform Still On Agendas
Even post-Race to the Top, state and local proposals to revise tenure are still cropping up, suggesting the issue will be on the table in 2011.
Recruitment & Retention
Colorado Tenure-Reform Bill in Spotlight
Colorado lawmakers are debating a bill to make test scores count in teacher and principal evaluations and make it easier to dismiss ineffective 糖心动漫vlog.
Recruitment & Retention
UPDATED: Colo., La. Politicians Now Pushing Tenure Reform
By now, I hope you've read my story wrapping up some of the action in Ohio, Delaware, Florida and Maryland to overhaul the system broadly known as tenure. The actual terms differ from place to place, but winning tenure generally means that teachers are granted due-process protections that require extensive documentation of poor performance before they can be dismissed.
Teaching Profession
Florida Advances Bill on Tenure and Pay Reform
Legislators in Florida that, if passed, would make aggressive changes to tenure law and would shift the entire state away from teacher pay based on credentials and longevity.
Teaching Profession
New York City Advances Tenure Reform Tied to Scores
Leave it up to the Big Apple to make me look silly. I just got done writing there are of test scores being used for teacher dismissal and lo and behold, New York City
Federal
UPDATED: New York Admonished on Teacher-Student Data Link
An Obama administration official has strongly hinted to New York state that it won't be getting any of the $5 billion in discretionary stimulus funding unless it does something about the law, supported by the state's teachers' unions, that prevents student test scores from being a part of tenure or other personnel decisions, (We regret the error.)
Teaching Profession
Duncan's NEA Speech Mirrors Stance Taken in Stimulus
While some saw the speech as "tough love" for the teachers' unions, the Obama administration clearly telegraphed its intentions to push hard on issues like performance pay, seniority, and tenure in the stimulus legislation, and that passed months ago.