{"id":9203,"date":"2012-06-25T12:46:03","date_gmt":"2012-06-25T16:46:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=9203"},"modified":"2012-06-25T13:00:06","modified_gmt":"2012-06-25T17:00:06","slug":"important-lawsuit-important-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=9203","title":{"rendered":"Important lawsuit, important decision re Louisiana teachers"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Louisiana illegally fired 7,500 teachers, judge says.”<\/a><\/p>\n

From the June 22, 2012, New York Times<\/em>:<\/p>\n

As much as some may wish otherwise, there is no starting from scratch when rebuilding a city, or a school system.<\/em><\/p>\n

A judge confirmed that here on Wednesday, ruling that the Orleans Parish School Board and the Louisiana Department of Education, in laying the groundwork for a school reform movement that has become nationally recognized, illegally fired 7,500 school employees.<\/em><\/p>\n

The decision by Ethel S. Julien, a federal District Court judge, backed by 45 pages of reasoning and historical narrative, reinforced a long-held counter-narrative of the beginnings of that movement.<\/em><\/p>\n

….<\/em><\/p>\n

Judge Julien found that state law required the board to show just cause, in writing, before firing a tenured teacher, and that fired employees are entitled to hearings.<\/em><\/p>\n

Given the relentless, nasty war against teachers, tenure and (let us not forget) unions\u00a0\u2014\u00a0 by so-called education “reformers,” i.e., politicians, for-profit corporations and big-money foundation dilettantes like Bill Gates, who have apparently decided that after making billions selling technology, they know more about educating children than do teachers\u00a0\u2014 that last sentence is exceptionally welcome.<\/p>\n

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