Bloomberg to tout results of toughened tenure procedures today
All indications suggest that the city is pleased with the results of its concerted effort to make tenure more difficult to receive.
Mayor Bloomberg is announcing details about how many teachers received — or didn’t receive — tenure this year during a midday press conference today at Tweed Courthouse, the Department of Education’s headquarters. In the past, the city has released tenure details by email. The fanfare comes on top of reports from teachers and principals that tenure was awarded far less readily last year after Bloomberg vowed to make the protection tougher to receive.
For many years, receiving tenure has been an almost automatic step that happens at the end of a teacher’s
