…. Further, Judge Treu said, the least effective teachers are disproportionately assigned to schools filled with low-income and minority students. The situation violates those students’ constitutional right to an equal education, he determined….
(emphasis added)
This is SO not the way the union rules are written folks. The teachers with the most seniority get their bids for their next school assignments considered first by order of length of tenure. School assignments year to year have nothing to do with “perceived competency.”[/quote]
From someone who had a parent in LAUSD, and heard, and knows many of the underbody of that system as well as someone who went through a school where a tenured teacher lasted less than a year (school is currently one of top 10 in CA, and was in 1970 as well).. your statement is not completely accurate. The Unions do allow moving tenured teachers to other schools should there be issues. This way Unions can support tenure at the same time prevent problems that would have ended the tenure system instantly. Also note that it is a ‘bid’ by the teacher to teach in that district/school. ‘Award’ is not guaranteed. The choices of location are not entirely the teachers choice and not entirely on seniority. Seniority and Tenure aids in the teachers ability to select. The poor performing tenured teachers end up on the low-income schools because the parents on those schools are seen to be less likely to lawyer up and fight the school district. (And yes, I can come up with names in LAUSD of such teachers, but won’t for legal reasons)
NOTE: The ‘movement’ of tenured teachers can be seen if you follow those with ‘questionable’ behavior, up until the time convicted. The tenure made it hard for the district to get rid of them, but areas with parents that were better off were able to force the teachers ‘movement’ to another school, or even district.
