Saturday, February 14, 2009

Bills to make it easier to fire Florida teachers

A sweeping plan to make it easier to fire bad teachers and put a bigger spotlight on teacher quality is headed to the Florida Legislature.

The plan, a priority of one of former Gov. Jeb Bush's education foundations, would essentially gut teacher tenure, a status encoded in state law that gives teachers special protections against being fired.

Read more:

http://blogs.tampabay.com/schools/2009/02/bills-to-make-i.html

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