Judge strikes down all 5 teacher protection laws in Vergara lawsuit The unions charged Welch with scapegoating teachers for the true source of the achievement gap: the impacts of poverty and neighborhood violence on the lives of poor children. They promised to appeal the verdict, a process that could take years before the ... Continue reading... http://edsource.org/2014/judge-strikes-down-all-5-teacher-protection-laws-in-vergara-lawsuit/63023