California Teacher Layoff System Needs to Change

Chances are, if you have a child in public school, at least one of the teachers at their school has received a layoff notice. In fact, in California the teacher workforce has shrunk by 11% since 2008. Economic factors, decreasing enrollment and district cutbacks causes this number to increase and decrease in districts; in real numbers, this means that over 32,000 teachers have lost their jobs in the last five years. The CTA (California Teacher's...

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Should Teachers Have to Audition for Their Jobs?

With a growing number of headlines reporting teachers who are incompetent, unprofessional, and lacking simple morals, it's a wonder how some teachers were ever hired to begin with. It seems the standard teacher hiring process needs updated, requiring more skill and performance-based evaluations. According to the Washington Post, D.C. public schools have already done that, implementing rigorous interviews along with teacher auditions. But...

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