Tenure

It's Time to Use Test Scores to Determine Teacher Pay

Randy Turner | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Test Prep, Tim Jones, Arne Duncan, Jane Cunningham, Missouri, Testing, Tenure, Education News

Let's base 100 percent of teacher pay on the results of standardized tests. But if we are to have true educational reform, a concept that seems to be lost when used by those who claim that mantle, I want the following conditions:

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The Crisis in American Education Is a Myth

Randy Turner | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Standardized Tests, Vouchers, Poverty, Teach for America, Teachers, Public Education, Tenure, Education News

For too long we have allowed politicians to ignore dealing with the real problems of poverty and permitted them to use education as a convenient scapegoat for their negligence.

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Unemployed For Years, Professor Turns To Ghostwriting For Students

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Unemployment, 99ers, Long-Term Unemployment, Texas Tech, Tenure, Plagiarism, Unemployment Education, Custom Papers, Business News

Jennifer Sunseri lost her job as an assistant professor in 2009. Now, after nearly three years of unemployment, no health insurance, and diminished ho...

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Professing Hard Work

Paul Stoller | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Edcuated Elites, Research and Teaching, Edcuation News, Academic Standards, Academic Salaries, College News, Tenure, College Professors, Science, College News

College professors are yet again being flayed in the media. This time, an opinion piece in the Washington Post follows a well-worn path, complaining that professors are vastly overpaid. Let me demonstrate why this is dangerously out of touch.

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Why Is Miss Grundy So Sad? It's Complicated.

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 03.21.2012

Read More: Education News, Michelle Rhee, Chris Christie, Teacher Survey, No Child Left Behind, MetLife Survey, Tenure, Education Recession, Standardized Tests, Recession, Education, Teacher Evaluations, Scholastic, Teacher Sentiment, Standardized Testing, Education Reform, Teachers, Gates Foundation, Education News

For the last four years, Beth Sanders has taught ninth and 11th-grade social studies at Tarrant High School in Birmingham, Ala., a school where many s...

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Virginia Teachers Hold 'Wake' In Light Of Bill

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 03.02.2012

Read More: Video, Teacher Tenure, Education, Teacher Benefit Cuts, Budget Cuts, Virginia Schools, Tenure, Teacher Benefits, Education Budget, School Budget Cuts, Education Reform, School Protest, Education News

In opposition of a bill the state Senate is considering -- which would "phase out" systems like tenure and make it easier for teachers to be dismissed...

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The Disappearing Faculty

Robert J. Spitzer | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: University Hiring, Faculty, Higher Education, College, College News, u.s Higher Edu, American Higher Ed, Tenure, College News

In his recently published screed, Benjamin Ginsberg paints a disturbing picture of American higher education. Ginsberg's chief accusation is that while universities were once "heavily influenced, if not completely driven," by faculty perspectives, they are now largely controlled by administrators.

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

AP | KIMBERLY HEFLING | Posted 03.25.2012

Read More: Idaho Schools, American Federation of Teachers, National Council on Teacher Quality, No Child Left Behind, Florida Education Association, President Barack Obama, Tenure, Race to the Top, Underperforming Teachers, Teacher Pay, Lane Brown, Barack Obama, Tenure Rights, Teacher Quality, Teacher Tenure, Teacher Tenure Rights, Education, Teacher Tenure Rights Weakening, National Center for Education Statistics, Teachers, Tom Luna, Teacher Performance, Education News

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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Who Should Run Indianapolis Schools?

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 10.29.2011

Read More: Education News, Tony Bennett, School Board Politics, Tenure, Standardized Tests, Indiana School Board, Indianapolis School Board, Indiana School Takeover, Indiana Teachers, Indiana Schools, Eugene White, Education, Education Reform, Student Evaluation, State Takeover, Education News

Today, Indiana’s Board of Education is expected to rubber-stamp a contentious plan for the state to take over three high schools and one middle scho...

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States Keep Pushing For Tougher Teacher Policies

Education Week | Liana Heitin | Posted 09.11.2011

Read More: Teacher Policies, Denver Schools, Collective Bargaining, Teacher Tenure, Teacher Evaluations, Teacher Evaluation, Tenure, Education Commission of the States, School Policies, Teachers, Education Reform, Education Legislation, Education News

As the majority of legislative sessions around the country come to a close, many states will finish the season having pushed through policy changes th...

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Illinois Teacher Accountability Now Official

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 08.13.2011

Read More: Education News, Collective Bargaining, Video, Teacher Tenure, Illinois Federation of Teachers, Rahm Emanuel, Senate Bill 7, Tenure, Teachers Unions, Education Reform, Center for American Progress, Democrats for Education Reform, Chicago Teachers, Education News

With the flick of Gov. Pat Quinn's (D) wrist, an Illinois law that changes the rules governing how teachers can be hired and fired became official Mon...

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States Take Different Approaches To Education Reform

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 08.02.2011

Read More: Education News, Collective Bargaining, Education, Teacher Evaluations, Nevada Teachers, Brian Sandoval, Tenure, Standardized Tests, Teachers Union, Last in First Out, Education Reform, Tennessee Teachers, Tennessee Education Association, Seniority, Education News

Nevada could soon join Tennessee in becoming the latest in a long line of states to pass laws that drastically alter the teaching profession. In N...

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Challenging Ohio's Education Reform Law

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 08.01.2011

Read More: Education News, Collective Bargaining, Education, Ohio Federation of Teachers, Tenure, Merit Pay, Ohio Senate Democrats, Ohio, Ohio Budget, Teachers Unions, John Kasich, Ohio Senate Republicans, Education Reform, Last Best Offer, Ohio Senate, Education News

Ohio senators have axed wording that strips public employees of most collective-bargaining rights and mandates merit pay for teachers from the state's...

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Challenging Idaho's New Education Laws, One Signature At A Time

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 07.27.2011

Read More: Education News, Online Learning, Bill Davis, Education, Idaho Education Association, Pocatello Education Association, Idaho Teachers, Tenure, Merit Pay, Pocatello, Standardized Testing, University of Idaho, Idaho, Education Reform, Tom Luna, Education News

In Pocatello, Idaho, miserable forecasts cancelled Memorial Day soccer games. But the rain won’t stop Bill Davis, a soon-retiring English teacher at...

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Alabama Bill Shortens Teacher Termination Process

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 07.26.2011

Read More: Education News, Education, New York State Board of Regents, Merit Pay, Tenure, Alabama Teachers, Teacher Disciplinary Process, Teacher Termination, Education Reform, Republicans, Education News

CORRECTION APPENDED NEW YORK -- On Wednesday evening, Alabama became the latest state to pass a law that makes it easier to fire teachers. The ...

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Responses To Public Information Requests Show Names Of Protesting Wisconsin Teachers

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 07.25.2011

Read More: Education News, Larry Gamble, Wisconsin Education Association Council, Activism, Merit Pay, Tenure, Teachers Unions, Wisconsin Teachers, Teacher Protests, Education Reform, Teacher Activism, Tea Party, Madison Teachers, Education News

A recent spate of Wisconsin public information requests forced school districts to determine whether citizens deserve to know if teachers who took sic...

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New York State Senate Considers Alternatives To Streamline Teacher Termination Hearings

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 07.24.2011

Read More: Teacher Discipline, New York Teachers, Education, Dennis Walcott, United Federation of Teachers, Race to the Top, Tenure, Teacher Termination Hearings, New York State United Teachers, Education Reform, Education News

NEW YORK -- A state Senate hearing in Albany on Monday explored ways to make the process for disciplining teachers suspected of incompetence or ethica...

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Antonio Villaraigosa: Tough on Teacher Tenure

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 07.20.2011

Read More: Teacher Tenure, Education, Teacher Evaluations, Test Scores, California, Antonio Villaraigosa, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Linda Darling Hammond, Tenure, Protests, Teachers Union, Teacher Protests, Education Reform, Value-Added, Larry Sand, Education News

School districts around the country are toughening standards for grading teachers. And if Antonio Villaraigosa has his way, Los Angeles could be next....

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The 10 Least Stressful Jobs

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 07.07.2011

Read More: Healthcare Industry, Baby Boomers, Unemployment, Job Stability, Unemployment Rate, Tenure, Slidepollajax, Jobless, Jobs, Business News

With so many unemployed Americans struggling to find any sort of paying work, the idea of obtaining a steady, low-stress job can seem like a pipe drea...

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One Teacher's Vision To Save American Education

Randy Turner | Posted 06.10.2011

Read More: Michelle Rhee, Public Schools, Nea, Poverty, Arne Duncan, Tenure, Standardized Tests, Privatization, Aft, Reform, Classroom, Education Reform, Teachers Union, Education News

Why do teachers remain impotent on the sidelines while legislators with no idea of what goes in a classroom are making decisions that affect the lives of millions of American children?

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When It Comes to Teaching, Who Needs Experience?

Randy Turner | Posted 06.04.2011

Read More: Public Schools, Education, Tenure, Privatization, Reform, Accountability, Republican, Waiting for Superman, Education News

In Missouri, a bill has been proposed which would eliminate tenure and the due process it guarantees and allow administrators and school boards to fire teachers with or without reason.

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Teaching to the Test

Randy Turner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Education, Mcgraw-Hill, Standardized Testing, Teacher, Missouri, Tenure, Public Schools, Acuity, Education News

Spring parent-teacher conferences were held this morning at the school where I teach and my belief, that in my dozen years as a teacher I had heard everything, was shattered to the core

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Weighing Pros And Cons Of Teacher Seniority Lists

Heather Wolpert-Gawron | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Education, Students, Teacher Preparation, Seniority List, Tenure, Teacher Quality, K-12 Education, Teacher Tenure, Teachers, Education News

Seniority permits security, but doesn't provide incentive, and we cannot allow that which is broken to remain sacrosanct when it serves one purpose well but fails in serving others.

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Workers' Rights And The Public Good

Randi Weingarten | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Collective Bargaining, The Colbert Report, Wisconsin, American Federation of Teachers, Ohio Union Protests, Tenure, Ohio, Wisconsin Unions, Teacher Unions, Stephen Colbert, Education, Scott Walker, Teachers, Colbert Report, Unions, Wisconsin Protests, Teacher's Union, Education News

Collective bargaining is a vehicle to improve services -- whether in education or other areas -- and it would hurt both workers and those they serve if that important right was lost.

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An Uneasy Thanksgiving: Klein, Tenure & The Nation's Report Card

John Merrow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Education, Schools, Teaching, Cathie Black, New York City, Mayor Bloomberg, Tenure, Joel Klein, John Merrow, Education News

On Sunday, the New York Times' Tom Friedman wrote a column telling the world that, if he were starting out in journalism today, he would be an education reporter. He's right. It's a happening beat.

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