GalleryThe Vergara ruling is a victory for California public school students, but further reforms are still needed to protect students’ rights to a high quality education.
Earlier this month, a judge in California ruled that the state’s protections for teachers, including tenure after two years and ‘last in first out’ layoff provisions, violated the state’s constitutional clause guaranteeing a right to equality of education for students. Katharine O. Strunk argues that the state’s policies force districts to retain lower-quality teachers and that the decision is […]
