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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.
First teacher fired under Georgia's House Bill 1084 Katie Rinderle is an American former elementary school teacher in Cobb County, Georgia . She is the first known public school teacher fired under Georgia's 2022 student protection laws for choosing a controversial book to read to the students of the gifted program of her school.
StudentsFirst supports the Student Success Act, legislation signed into law by Governor Rick Scott of Florida; [11] Michigan legislation that will remove a teacher's tenure status after a bad evaluation; [12] and similar proposals in Georgia, Indiana, Minnesota, Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee. [13]
Georgia House of Representatives overwhelmingly passes a $36.1B fiscal 2025 state budget with generous raises for teachers and state employees
With former teacher Gov. Tim Walz rounding out the Democratic ticket, education could become a talking point in this election. Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump has laid out his ...
Public school teachers would get a $2,500 raise starting July 1, boosting average teacher pay in Georgia above $65,000 annually, as the Republican governor proposed in January. That is in addition ...
In 2008 she also tried to renegotiate teacher compensation, offering teachers the choice of salaries of up to $140,000 based on what she termed "student achievement" with no tenure rights or earning much smaller pay raises with tenure rights retained. Teachers and the teachers union rejected the proposal, contesting that some form of tenure was ...
Christy Todd, who spent 15 years teaching in Fayette County Public Schools, will lead projects aimed at growing the teacher pipeline. ‘Outstanding educator,’ Teacher of the Year joining ...