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In an awful ruling for teachers, students and their families, a California court “struck down teacher tenure and seniority protections embedded in California law.”

You can read a lot more about it at:

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Here are some reactions:

This is the best analysis of the decision that I’ve seen so far:

And follow-up to that post:

And here’s another very intriguing analysis:

This is a good one, too:

 

 

 

 

And here’s a very interesting “quick reaction” to the verdict people will want to read.

Here’s an article from The NY Times.

Informed Student Advocates Pursue Reforms that, Unlike Vergara v. California, Actually Address Inequity is by Ben Spielberg.

Making it easier to fire teachers won’t get you better ones is by Jack Schneider.

Last Dance of the Lemons
is by EduShyster.

“Strict scrutiny” of Vergara ruling a setback for California teachers is by David B. Cohen.

Job Protections Do Not Hurt Students is by Brian Jones.

Will California’s Ruling Against Teacher Tenure Change Schools?
is by Dana Goldstein.

AFT’s Weingarten smacks Arne Duncan about his praise for Vergara decision is from The Washington Post.

Taking On Teacher Tenure Backfires is by Jesse Rothstein and appeared in The New York Times.

Fuzzy Math: The guesstimate that struck down California’s teacher tenure laws. is from Slate.

“Strict scrutiny” of Vergara ruling a setback for California teachers is by David B. Cohen.

A silver lining in the Vergara decision? is from The Washington Post.

Why that ruling against teacher tenure won’t help your schoolchildren appeared in The LA Times.

Tenure Is Not the Problem is by Richard Kahlenberg.

Here’s a great video response from National Education Association President Dennis Van Roekel:

The Vergara Decision is from K-12 Schools: Beyond the Rhetoric at Ed Week.

Aren’t California tenure policies in fact unreasonable? Plus 4 more Vergara questions asked and answered is from The Washington Post.

Vergara: The silver bullet that wasn’t is by Barnett Berry.

Even in Winning, Vergara Is Still a Loser is from Ed Week.

Is This The End of Teachers Unions is from Ebony.

Opinion: Blaming Tenure May Be Free But it’s a Cheap Shot is a very good piece in SchoolBook.

Gay Marriage and Vergara is by Rick Hess at Ed Week.

Grounding Vergara In The Realities of Teaching in California is from Ed Week.

For Vergara Ruling on Teachers, Big Questions Loom is also from Ed Week.

Guest Post: In Defense of “Last-In, First-Out” is from on labor.