Florida Education Association

Tenure Rights Weaken As States Look To Fire Teachers Who Aren't Performing

AP | KIMBERLY HEFLING | Posted 03.25.2012

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WASHINGTON — America's public school teachers are seeing their generations-old tenure protections weakened as states seek flexibility to fire te...

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Joy Resmovits

Lawsuit: Florida Voucher Measure Misleads By Using Language Of Religious Freedom

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 09.20.2011

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Florida's largest teachers' union joined the American Civil Liberties Union and several rabbis and ministers seeking to halt a 2012 ballot measure the...

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Joy Resmovits

Legal Action Over Florida's Education Reform

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 08.21.2011

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Florida's largest teachers union filed suit on Monday to stop the enactment of new pension reform laws, the first lawsuit of potentially many that see...

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Gov. Rick Scott Sued By Florida Education Association Over Pay Cut

Miami Herald | Posted 08.20.2011

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The Florida Education Associate announced today it has filed a class action lawsuit against Gov. Rick Scott and other trustess of the state retirement...

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