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Saturday, August 18, 2012

Due Process for all « Deborah Meier on Education

Due Process for all « Deborah Meier on Education:



Due Process for all

“Tenure does not afford any advantages in pay or job assignments, or guarantee permanent employment. Its most important benefit is to grant teachers certain protections against dismissal without justification, including the right to a hearing before an arbitrator. Teachers and their unions embrace tenure as an important defense against indiscriminate or politically tinged hiring and firing.” notes Al Baker, NY Times, Friday, August 17 titled


Correction re PRRAC

Correction for those interested. Poverty and Race Research Action Council (PRRAC), which puts out terrific briefs and more on important topics, has an e-mail which I messed up, apparently, in a previous message. Their E-mail is info@prrac.org or www.prrac.org or 202-842-2885. Sorry.