Will the Courts Save Teachers?

Autor/inn/en	Popham, W. James; DeSander, Marguerita
Titel	Will the Courts Save Teachers?
Quelle	In: Educational Leadership, 71 (2014) 5, (4 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1784
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Teacher Evaluation; Teacher Dismissal; Teacher Morale; Court Litigation; Tenure; Florida + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teacher appraisal; Lehrerbeurteilung; Lehrerbeurlaubung; Teacher; Teachers; Morale; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Moral; Rechtsstreit; Amtszeit; Beschäftigungsdauer
Abstract	In the last few years, all but a few U.S. states have rushed to enact tougher teacher evaluation systems. Spurred by the incentives offered by two federal education initiatives--Race to the Top and the ESEA Flexibility Program--these states have designed teacher evaluation systems designed to "remove ineffective tenured and untenured teachers." Unfortunately, many of these new systems have serious flaws that result in inaccurate and unfair evaluation ratings. In this article, W. James Popham and Marguerita DeSander consider whether the courts are likely to protect teachers who have been unjustly fired or denied salary increases under such systems--and their answer is a resounding no. The courts have historically refused to substitute their judgment for that of a school board--as illustrated by a Florida case described in the article. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10