Teacher Tenure The Vergara V. CA Case Study

In society today, teachers play an important role in providing an unforgettable education experiences for their students. Without the guidance and expertise from teachers, students would not be successfully prepared for their future. Teachers provide knowledge and skill that students will be able to take with them throughout the rest of their lives. It’s truly important that students receive the best education out there for them. In order to make this possible, we need to find educated and motivated teachers. Unfortunately, these qualities tend to be missing in most teachers today. In this generation, teachers typically don’t show motivation when teaching their students lessons. This is primarily due to the act tenure. The Teacher Tenure

CA case in June 2014 with Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Rolf Treu was created in efforts to prevent tenure from protecting bad teachers. During the Vergara v. CA case Treu began his ruling according to the case. To begin with Treu wrote, “Step 1: Tenure and other job protections make it harder to fire teachers and therefore effectively work to keep bad ones in the classroom.” (Edwards, 2014). Treu then proceeds to say, “Step 2: Bad teachers “substantially undermine” a child’s education. That, Treu wrote, not only “shocks the conscience” but also violates the students’ right to a “basic equality of educational opportunity” as enshrined in California’s constitution.” (Edwards, 2014). Tenure is slowly keeping students from the education they need to

According to How Due Process Protects Teachers and Students by Richard D. Kahlenberg, “Tenure protections are still necessary today, especially given the current fixation on high-stakes testing and the linking of students’ test scores to teacher evaluations.” (Kahlenberg, 2015). Tenure also allows teachers to stand up to their boss when they disagree with them. For instance, In Holyoke, Massachusetts, for example, administrators asked teachers to post student test scores on the walls of classrooms. When an untenured English teacher (who was also a union official) objected publicly in 2014 that this was an unsound tactic and was humiliating to students, he was fired, despite having previously received excellent ratings. Tenure would have ensured a fair process (Kahlenberg, 2015). Tenure is equally as important for the administrative perspective as well. It helps strengthen legal protections in the civil service, civil rights, and labor laws (Kahlenberg, 2015). Overall, keeping tenure in the school system will provide fairness to