The ruling today by a Los Angeles Superior Court Judge (Judge Rolf M. Treu) MAY be the beginning of the end for teacher union rules — rules that the Judge says make teacher tenure too easy to get, incompetent teacher firing too hard to get, and post and bid system of school placement gives the least competent teachers to inner-city schools.
The Judge said that the nine students who had sued were completely justified (Vergara v. California) in their arguments, that their attorneys were correct in every argument, and that the union attorneys were wrong!
Since the teacher unions are the most powerful in this state’s politics, and the most powerful across the nation, this case is far from over. The case will be appealed, appealed and appealed — and that means long delays even if the union loses.
But, it’s a start! (And long overdue!)
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