Calif. Supreme Court lets teacher tenure ruling stand
By Howard Blume and Joy Resmovits, Los Angeles Times
Monday was the end of the line for a landmark California case challenging tenure and other traditional job protections for teachers — and the teachers won.
The outcome left some union opponents looking for a different battlefield in the ongoing wars over public education, while others said they should try the courts again.
The case, Vergara vs. California, was closely watched across the country as a test of whether courts would invalidate employment rights of teachers on the argument that they violate the rights of students.
The assault on these protections is part of a broader approach to reforming education that would make schools more like the private sector, which relies on competition, measurable results and performance incentives.