Which Teachers Should be Let Go First?

Linda Thomas:

If teacher layoffs are needed as school districts around the state balance budgets, who should go first?

Under the current system, teachers with the most seniority are protected from cuts. Some lawmakers are trying to change that with a bill that would allow districts to cut those who aren't effective, regardless of how long they've been on the job. Teachers "with a track record of closing the achievement gap" would be safe.

Sonya Langford, a seventh grade teacher in the University Place School District, wrote an interesting "letter to the editor" for the Tacoma News Tribune . She says the proposed House legislation would "send our public schools back years."

Posted by jimz at February 17, 2011 5:22 AM
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