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saras

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9. There's a solid procedure to remove incompetent or criminal ones.

Wed Feb 22, 2012, 12:36 AM

Feb 2012

The assumption is that removal for any other reason is political in nature, which it usually is. It could be administrators, or it could be that tenure gives admins more power to fight off a temporarily enraged public. Just because the political issues aren't national in scope, doesn't mean they aren't powerfully emotional and hard fought. Try being the one gay-friendly teacher in a homophobic school in a homophobic community.

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Heretical question: Why do public school teachers need tenure? [View all] RandySF Feb 2012 OP

Reason texshelters Feb 2012 #1

protection against bad administrators d_r Feb 2012 #2

Sigh..... here we go again.... femmocrat Feb 2012 #3

No RandySF Feb 2012 #4

You have come to the right place, RandySF. femmocrat Feb 2012 #5

I agree with all tibbiit Feb 2012 #8

What femmocrat said erinlough Feb 2012 #11

historically, to protect academic freedom.... mike_c Feb 2012 #6

In a nutshell, to prevent public school teachers from being arbitrarily fired. no_hypocrisy Feb 2012 #7

There's a solid procedure to remove incompetent or criminal ones. saras Feb 2012 #9

Tenure in the public schools is the right roody Feb 2012 #10

Tenure is protection from the politics of education proud2BlibKansan Feb 2012 #12

Yup. And the parent whose kid is not certified for SPED cuz' they lack effort-ditto MichiganVote Feb 2012 #14

And who runs for school board? proud2BlibKansan Feb 2012 #15

Yup. Its not like the Ph.D's are standing in line to do it. MichiganVote Feb 2012 #17

In all fairness, they aren't ALL pissed off parents proud2BlibKansan Feb 2012 #18

They don't, but they should get standard civil service protections ProgressiveProfessor Feb 2012 #13

There is no tenure for teachers in Texas. mbperrin Feb 2012 #16