LA School Report
“Nearly two years after the trial in Vergara v. California first began, the case is set to move forward as judges from a state appeals court hear arguments Feb. 25.
The plaintiffs – nine students in five California public school districts – argue that five laws governing teacher dismissal, tenure, and ‘last in-first out’ layoff policies deprive them of their right to a quality education, in violation of the state’s constitution. Those policies disproportionately harm minority and low-income students, they say.”