Why We Need Tenure
Let's go back to Elizabeth, NJ for just a sec:
In his civil complaint, Davison said he "yielded to the pressure" and purchased tickets. He ultimately was promoted to become a tenured administrator. But when he stopped paying for the political tickets, he said he lost a plum assignment and was later suspended."The unwritten rule in this culture of political cronyism is that non-participation in the purchase and sale of tickets to fundraising events can be hazardous to one’s job
Cleaning Up Gov. Ah-nold's Mess
So my brand new, shiny troll keeps bringing up this LA Times report about how hard it is to fire a bad teacher in California, and particularly in LA. That's got to be the teachers' fault; or, at the very least, the union's fault. Right?
Wrong.
Wrong.
The Commission accredits college and university teacher preparation programs, oversees teacher induction programs, and licenses as well as investigates and disciplines teachers facing misconduct and criminal charges. Darling-Hammond’s particular interest is in teacher preparation. But it was deficiencies in handling the policing function, by the Division of Professional Practices, that led to scathing findings