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tibbiit

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8. I agree with all

Reply to femmocrat (Reply #3)

Tue Feb 21, 2012, 11:58 PM

Feb 2012

Of these posts for all of the above reasons. Schools are localized power structures, all the human nature rules apply. This is not necessarily a bad thing at all, it is just how it is. Corporations, businesses, religions etc, everything... has humans interacting with each other. The regular people need protection from the dicks.

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Heretical question: Why do public school teachers need tenure? [View all] RandySF Feb 2012 OP

Reason texshelters Feb 2012 #1

protection against bad administrators d_r Feb 2012 #2

Sigh..... here we go again.... femmocrat Feb 2012 #3

No RandySF Feb 2012 #4

You have come to the right place, RandySF. femmocrat Feb 2012 #5

I agree with all tibbiit Feb 2012 #8

What femmocrat said erinlough Feb 2012 #11

historically, to protect academic freedom.... mike_c Feb 2012 #6

In a nutshell, to prevent public school teachers from being arbitrarily fired. no_hypocrisy Feb 2012 #7

There's a solid procedure to remove incompetent or criminal ones. saras Feb 2012 #9

Tenure in the public schools is the right roody Feb 2012 #10

Tenure is protection from the politics of education proud2BlibKansan Feb 2012 #12

Yup. And the parent whose kid is not certified for SPED cuz' they lack effort-ditto MichiganVote Feb 2012 #14

And who runs for school board? proud2BlibKansan Feb 2012 #15

Yup. Its not like the Ph.D's are standing in line to do it. MichiganVote Feb 2012 #17

In all fairness, they aren't ALL pissed off parents proud2BlibKansan Feb 2012 #18

They don't, but they should get standard civil service protections ProgressiveProfessor Feb 2012 #13

There is no tenure for teachers in Texas. mbperrin Feb 2012 #16