The Voice of San Diego, ??a local independent paper, examines the ongoing deliberations over a new teachers union contract in that fair city. The interesting context, picked up by the piece, is that San Diego's new superintendent, Terry Grier, enjoyed one of the most flexible teacher contracts in the country in his last post in Guilford County, North Carolina--that according to Fordham's Leadership Limbo report. (Check out video of Mr. Grier's comments at a panel we held to discuss the report.) And guess which district has one of the worst contracts, according to our analysis? That's right; none other than San Diego.
Of course (and unfortunately), it won't be so easy for Superintendent Grier to simply replace San Diego's restrictive contract with Guilford County's flexible one. As the National Council on Teacher Quality just reported, it's state law that matters even more than local actions when it comes to teacher policy. Which means that Mr. Grier might soon be having Carolina on his mind.
