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  1. PMCT: the Facts about Teacher Tenure- Myths and Realities.
  2. Teacher Quality, Teacher Pay- rare point of agreement in the debates about how to improve American schooling is that we need better teachers. Simply put, today’s teaching force is not equal to the challenge of the new century.
  3. Teacher Tenure- Why teachers need tenure.
  4. Teachers Like Tenure But Admit Its Flaws- Most of America's public school teachers (58 percent) believe tenure protects teachers from district politics, favoritism, and the threat of losing their jobs to newcomers who would earn less, according to a new survey, titled Stand By Me, from Public Agenda, a national nonpartisan, nonprofit public opinion research organization.
  5. Tenure- From the NEA.
  6. Tenure Protects Good Teachers, Too- From time to time people bring up the idea of eliminating teacher tenure as a part of education reform. While some think tenure protects incompetent teachers, my experience has been that tenure, more often, protects good teachers from the misperceptions and politics of the job.
  7. The Changing Face of Teacher Tenure- Examines tenure and national trends.
  8. The Push Against Tenure- By AFT President, Albert Shanker.
  9. Why Bad Teachers Aren't Fired- Tenure makes this 'mission impossible'?
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