As a few smart guys predicted fifteen months ago, the budget crisis is putting serious pressure on teacher seniority as an untouchable in education politics. Even the ACLU is making the case that “last hired, first fired” is bad for kids, and unfair to effective teachers who just happen to be young. But if we’re honest, we’ll acknowledge that the real issue goes far beyond teacher layoffs. Simply put, our education system has way too many veteran teachers who cost way too much money and provide way too little value…Read it here.
