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Teacher tenure is a policy that restricts the ability to fire teachers, requiring a "just cause" rationale for firing. [1] The individual states each have established their own tenure systems. [ 2 ] Tenure provides teachers with protections by making it difficult to fire teachers who earn tenure.
The strike lasted for 10 days, from April 2–12, after teacher salaries were increased by $6,000 and support staff salaries were increased by $1,250. [15] In late April, teachers in Arizona and in Colorado went on strike. The Colorado strike began on April 27 [16] and ended on May 12, [17] while the Arizona Strike lasted from April 26 to May 3 ...
Teacher policy is education policy that addresses the preparation, recruitment, and retention of teachers. [12] A teacher policy is guided by the same overall vision and essential characteristics as the wider education policy: it should be strategic, holistic, feasible, sustainable, and context-sensitive.
A Florida teacher said she was fired after she refused to honor her school's controversial "no zeros" grading policy, WFTV reports. Diane Tirado, a longtime educator, recently started a new job at ...
By Susan Ricker Most of us have been late to work at some point. According to a new CareerBuilder study, 26 percent of workers admit to being tardy at least once a month and 16 percent are late ...
The New York City teachers' strike of 1968 was a months-long confrontation between the new community-controlled school board in the largely black Ocean Hill–Brownsville neighborhoods of Brooklyn and New York City's United Federation of Teachers. It began with a one day walkout in the Ocean Hill-Brownsville school district.
Lawrence Keefe takes the Oath of Office as the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Florida from Mark Walker, left, Chief United States District Judge on April 12, 2019 in Tallahassee, Fla ...
The most recent meta-analysis establishes that school factors, teacher factors, and external and policy factors are key factors that influence teacher attrition and retention. [1] Teacher attrition is thought to be higher in low income schools and in high need subjects like math, science, and special education. More recent evidence suggests ...