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> at will employment with school district This is thorny, because it gets into the problems tenure was created to combat: school administration's goals aren't
by ethbr0 4y ago
> at will employment with school district
This is thorny, because it gets into the problems tenure was created to combat: school administration's goals aren't always student success.
Especially now, they can be myopically assessment-focused or political.
Subordinating teachers to the whim of administration wouldn't help this. Jury-of-their-peers is slightly better, but has its own issues.
- option 4y agoschool boards are (and should be) elected positions. So theoretically they are accountable to parents.
- ethbr0 4y agoParents definitely shouldn't be the primary source of authority. If you want to know how badly otherwise seemingly mature adults can behave, come to a local school board meeting in Florida. "For the kids" + average parent = asshole with no holds barred