Ellery Argumentative Essay

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“After researching several years in in El Cajon English teacher Juliet Ellery was finally fired”. Before the research she was announced to be unsuited to teach but due to her teacher tenure, parents and school officials were unable to do anything. But it took eight years and more than $300,000 for the district to win its case.The reason behind Ellery not being fired on the first place was due to the advantages of her teacher tenure. Teacher tenure is compelling students to study under a bad teacher who does not have skill set to teach well and he/she still will be in job because of the tenure. Despite giving security to teachers,teacher tenure must go through a massive reform so that the good teachers will still there without any complication Not to forget teachers like Ellery hardly ever lectured, gave baffling assignments, belittled students and ignored repeated efforts by the high school principal to get her to improve. However, like what happened with Juliet Ellery, who was defended despite having over 400 evidences against her, there are many cases similar where teachers who need to be sack are protected by teacher tenure. The union alongside the tenure are securing teachers jobs ensuring …show more content…

This is also financially beneficial as a big sum of money can be saved and used elsewhere.” Since the review might be hard to keep on, the better thing is to do the review in every 1 week and verify it constantly with proper guidance from the district. Working according to this new rule, will not only be easier for the students to determine whether they are being taught under proper teaching but will also be easier for the district to distinguish between good and bad teachers. And this would make them to differentiate who deserves to get the tenure and who

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