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Judge: Teacher Tenure is Unconstitutional

A Los Angeles Superior Court judge ruled yesterday that teacher tenure laws “deprived students of their right to an education under the State Constitution and violated their civil rights.” The New York Times reports:

“Substantial evidence presented makes it clear to this court that the challenged statutes disproportionately affect poor and/or minority students,” Judge Rolf M. Treu of Los Angeles Superior Court wrote in the ruling. “The evidence is compelling. Indeed, it shocks the conscience.”

The decision, which was enthusiastically endorsed by Education Secretary Arne Duncan, brings a close to the first chapter of the case, Vergara v. California, in which a group of student plaintiffs backed by a Silicon Valley millionaire argued that state tenure laws had deprived them of a decent education by leaving bad teachers in place.

Joshua Pechthalt, president of the California Federation of Teachers, said Treu “fell victim to the anti-union, anti-teacher rhetoric and one of America’s finest corporate law firms that set out to scapegoat teachers for the real problems that exist in public education.”

The state’s teachers’ unions plan an appeal.

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