By Rebecca Klein
The Huffington Post
“States around the country can’t agree on what job protections teachers should be granted. Some states allow teachers to obtain tenure — a tool that typically grants educators due-process rights — or other similar job protections after only two years on the job, while others force teachers to work up to five years first. Similarly, while some states hold that teachers without tenure should be the first to go in cases of layoffs, others prohibit tenure from being a factor.”