The New York Post reports:
A Staten Island judge ruled Thursday that the the city’s Department of Education and the teacher’s union must face a lawsuit challenging existing teacher tenure.
“This court…will not close the courthouse door to parents and children with viable constitutional claims,” wrote Judge Philip Minardo in a significant decision on the controversy.
Former CNN anchor Campbell Brown joined New York City public school parents to sue the city and the United Federation of Teachers in 2014 claiming that the laws allowing teachers to gain tenure after three years and rules that make it difficult to fire them “have a negative impact on the quality of education in New York, thereby violating the students’ constitutional right to a sound basic education.”
The suit says that nearly all of the city’s teachers– 97 percent– get tenure and are “virtually guaranteed lifetime employment regardless of their in-class performance or effectiveness.”
The advocates add in court papers that it costs an average of $313,000 and 830 days to oust a bad apple.
“This court…will not close the courthouse door to parents and children with viable constitutional claims,” wrote Judge Philip Minardo in a significant decision on the controversy.
Former CNN anchor Campbell Brown joined New York City public school parents to sue the city and the United Federation of Teachers in 2014 claiming that the laws allowing teachers to gain tenure after three years and rules that make it difficult to fire them “have a negative impact on the quality of education in New York, thereby violating the students’ constitutional right to a sound basic education.”
The suit says that nearly all of the city’s teachers– 97 percent– get tenure and are “virtually guaranteed lifetime employment regardless of their in-class performance or effectiveness.”
The advocates add in court papers that it costs an average of $313,000 and 830 days to oust a bad apple.
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