NY teacher tenure system faces new legal challenge An educational advocacy group led by former CNN journalist Campbell Brown is challenging New York state's teacher tenure system, filing a lawsuit Monday that alleges that job protections unfairly shield bad teachers. Seven parents of public school children from New York City and Rochester are the plaintiffs in the lawsuit, filed in Supreme Court in Albany. The lawsuit is the work of a group founded by Brown called the Partnership for Educational Justice. "If we got rid of tenure they could get better quality teachers," said Keoni Wright of Brooklyn, who is suing on behalf of his twin daughters Kaylah and Kyler, both 7. He said the current rules protect ineffective teachers by making it harder for them to be fired or forced to improve. State teachers' union president Karen Magee said the lawsuit filed Monday amounts to a politically motivated attack on public school teachers. She said teacher tenure benefits students by protecting good teachers from unfair employment decisions. Continue reading... http://www.myfoxny.com/story/26134644/ny-teacher-tenure-system-faces-new-legal-challenge
