It's Not "Tenure" If You Can Lose It
So the NJEA is offering its vision of a tenure plan. Fine - great! But understand that we haven't really explained to folks what exactly tenure is; if we had, they wouldn't say stuff like this:
Frank Belluscio, a spokesman for the school boards association, said the proposed tenure change would be a first for the union but did not see it as a concession."This is the first time they’ve proposed a change in the length of time needed" to be granted tenure, he said.
Belluscio called the residency plan an "interesting concept," but said it "still doesn’t
