States weaken tenure rights for teachers

Wednesday, January 25, 2012 | 12:01 a.m. CST; updated 11:16 a.m. CST, Wednesday, January 25, 2012

WASHINGTON — America's public school teachers are seeing their generations-old tenure protections weakened as states seek flexibility to fire teachers who aren't performing. A few states have essentially nullified tenure protections altogether, according to an analysis being released Wednesday by the National Council on Teacher Quality.

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