Peter Greene: Finn and Hess Make the Case for Tenure
A few weeks ago, I wrote about the firing of a charter school founder who had written an essay that offended some students and/or teachers...
Category : Teacher Tenure
Teachers! Please Help Tim Slekar with His Research into the Reasons for the Teacher Shortage!
Tim Slekar, dean of Edgewood College in Wisconsin and consummate education activist, is writing a book about the teacher shortage and he needs your help...
Mercedes Schneider On Campbell Brown’s Short But Rewarding Life as an Education Reformer
Ah, Campbell Brown, we hardly knew ye! Brown blazed across the Deform firmament like a shooting star, fighting sexual predators in the classroom, unions,...
Campbell Brown’s Attack on Teacher Tenure and Unions Fails in Minnesota
Remember the Vergara case in California? A stray Silicon Valley billionaire (or multimillionaire) named David Welch on behalf of a newly minted group called...
Cory Booker Opens His Presidential Campaign in New Orleans
Cory Booker sent a complicated message at his campaign kickoff in New Orleans at Xavier University, where he was sponsored by charter chain and spoke...
New Jersey Court Throws Out Effort to Kill Tenure
Campbell Brown’s war on teacher tenure lost another battle in court. Her group, the Partnership for Educational Justice, lost the Vergara case in California; its...
Ralph Ratto: What Are They Doing to My District?
Read this story if you want to understand why teachers need tenure and unions. Ralph Ratto is in a state of shock. His small district...
Campbell Brown’s Group Pursuing Lawsuit Against Teacher Tenure in New York
“The 74,” a website founded by former television anchor Campbell Brown, reports that the Partnership for Educational Justice (an anti-Union, anti-tenure, anti-seniority advocacy group founded...
Campbell Brown Has a Big Role at Facebook: She Loves School Choice, Hates Public Schools and Unions
Steven Singer’s post criticizing school choice as “a lie” was blocked by Facebook. Facebook refuses to accept ads from the Network for Public Education critical...
Corporate Reform Groups Merging: A Sign of Weakness or Strength?
Politico reports that two groups advocating for privatization and against teacher tenure are merging. The merger is presented in typical “reform” doublespeak as a “victory,”...