[quote=CA renter]
The problem is that I’ve seen other teachers who were terrorized by administrators and wrongfully terminated (and won lawsuits as a result). I’ve seen parents in the vocal minority who were hell-bent on trying to oust a particular teacher just because she was older, or didn’t do things exactly the way this particular group liked. I can’t think of any other profession (other than politics) that is so scrutinized and so beholden to such a large number of people who have no education, experience, or knowledge about the profession.[/quote]

I honestly don’t think having tenure or not having tenure changes this. If someone is truly wrongly terminated they still have the courts to reconcile that action without tenure. If administrator ends up in court more than once on wrongful terminations then fire the administrator. You have cause at that point.

I think everybody can agree that between tenure and union rules it was incredibly difficult to fire a teacher with cause. It was such a process that administrators didn’t want to go through the time and effort of doing it, even if it was the right thing to do. I don’t even know if being an ineffective teacher was actually cause. Usually it’s something far worse, like sleeping with students.