Source: EdSource Today

In a resounding defeat for the state’s teachers unions, today a Superior Court judge in Los Angeles agreed with a lawsuit’s claim that teacher employment laws disproportionately hurt poor and minority children, who are saddled with the state’s worst-performing teachers. In his ruling, Judge Rolf Treu overturned five state statutes giving California teachers firing protections and rights to tenure and seniority.

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