Good Teachers Make All the Difference
Teacher layoffs have a devastating effect on our schools: students are deprived of stablility; staff moral declines; and too often, bright, young, commited teachers are the the first to go.
We can do better. While budget cuts to education are an unavoidable outcome of the economic crisis, we can minimize the impact cuts have on student learning and achievement.
Teachers are the single most valuable resource at our schools, and we can and should ensure that the best and brightest among them remain in ou classrooms.
Today, Boardmembers Yolie Flores and Tamar Galatzan will introduce a resolution to the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education that directs the district to take action and address the disparate impacts seniority based layoffs have on our students and schools.
The resolution calls for the immediate development of a negotiations strategy to reform and improve the collective bargaining agreement that impedes the ability to protect the stability of teaching staffs at all District schools. It also directs the Superintendent to engage the American Civil Liberties Union, Public Counsel, the State Board of Education, UTLA, and other advocates to
