This case presents a costly lesson for teachers and for districts that include a liquidated, or stipulated, damages clause in their teacher employment contracts. Although the court enforced the clause in this case, in this well-reasoned recent decision and in most of the much older, canvassed case law from other jurisdictions, the answer to the…

The Renewable Contract Plan at Hampshire College makes certain assumptions: First, that traditional life tenure systems do not necessarily encourage continuing professional evaluation, nor do they necessarily encourage pedagogical experimentation, development, and renewal. The positive assumptions of the Renewable Contract Plan include: (1)…

Discusses Virginia's decision to drop tenure for its community college system. (PG)

Probability-based targets, instead of tenure quotas, work with a longer view of the future and permit flexibility in decisionmaking by asserting that performance standards remain the key criterion for promotion. (Author/PG)

Discusses tenure legislation and the need to protect teachers from unconscionable treatment'', i.e., unfair dismissal. (SP)

State and federal accountability systems are pressuring public schools to improve the performance of low-achieving students. To respond, schools must be able to recruit and retain high-quality teachers, strengthen curricula, and take other steps to provide struggling students with the help they need. But such efforts are expensive and, as the…

Asserts that tenure may violate Title VII of the Civil Rights Act or more general affirmative action concepts. (Author/PG)

This report contains a State-by-State summary of statutory tenure provisions for teachers and other school personnel. In those States where tenure legislation is not statewide, or where no tenure laws have yet been passed, other statutory provisions that bear on the duration of employment have been summarized. All reported enactments through…

This bibliography contains 286 reference works on tenure completed within the last 10 years. The bibliography contains books, articles and excerpts from books, and theses. The titles which have a single asterisk show availability through the Canadian Teacher's Federation Library. Titles with a double asterisk indicate availability in microform…

A survey of 58 senior school administrators was conducted to test opinions commonly held in Manitoba regarding teacher turnover. Among the opinions tested were a) that teacher turnover is presently declining rapidly, b) that few tenured teachers are released, and c) that it is becoming increasingly difficult for newly qualified teachers to obtain…

The author asks various questions related to tenure. He answers the most important, Is tenure necessary?" (Editor/MF)

The theme of these papers is the development of a college or university personnel policy suitable for a time of little or no expansion in student or faculty number and also a time when stability follows a period of rapid growth coupled with considerable change in faculty expectations and governance patterns. The papers deal almost exclusively with…

Article is a policy statement by the NJEA Delegate Assembly in response to the problem of teachers being let go in New Jersey. (GB)