Teacher Tenure Has a Long History and, Hopefully, a Future

Autor/in	Kahlenberg, Richard D.
Titel	Teacher Tenure Has a Long History and, Hopefully, a Future
Quelle	In: Phi Delta Kappan, 97 (2016) 6, S.16-21 (6 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0031-7217
DOI	10.1177/0031721716636866
Schlagwörter	Tenure; Teacher Effectiveness; Personnel Management; Personnel Policy; School Administration; Relevance (Education); Laws; Ideology; Educational History; Change Strategies; Desegregation Litigation; School Desegregation; Alabama; California; Florida; Illinois; Kentucky; Maryland; Massachusetts; New Jersey; New York; North Carolina; South Carolina; Tennessee; Virginia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Amtszeit; Beschäftigungsdauer; Effectiveness of teaching; Instructional effectiveness; Lehrerleistung; Unterrichtserfolg; Personalmanagement; Personalpolitik; Relevance; Relevanz; Law; Recht; Ideologie; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Lösungsstrategie; Integrative Schule; Kalifornien; Master-Studiengang
Abstract	Tenure is under fire. Conservatives have long attacked such policies as tenure that constrain the ability of managers to fire whomever they want, but the latest assaults on tenure have invoked liberal egalitarian ideals. With all the problems in education, why are we so fixated on teacher tenure? What is really going on? How did tenure get its start, and why is it still necessary? The author ventures to answer all these questions, positing that tenure is necessary because it significantly strengthens legal protections by shifting to the employer the burden to prove the termination is justified. Tenure protects a range of discriminatory firings not covered under race and gender antidiscrimination laws. The author also points out that there are better ways to running the tenure system than what is happening currently. Places that have used master teachers to contribute to a peer assessment system have had good results. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01