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Has the IEA agreed to Stand for Children’s demand to end seniority in layoffs? « Fred Klonsky's blog

Has the IEA agreed to Stand for Children’s demand to end seniority in layoffs? « Fred Klonsky's blog

Has the IEA agreed to Stand for Children’s demand to end seniority in layoffs?

A report in the Springfield State Journal-Register seems to confirm our worst fears.

Two education reform groups unveiled a landmark package of education reforms Wednesday that would end the practice of using seniority to determine which teachers are the first to be laid off in tough budget times.

The package, the language of which is still being drafted, also would tighten the circumstances under which teachers could strike. It would require teachers’