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Back to School Choice Week 2016 : The sad end to Vergara highlights the need for school choice
August 24, 2016 | By JOSHUA THOMPSON
A little over two years ago the Los Angeles County Superior Court issued a decision in Vegara v. California that shook the California public school system. The court ruled that three Education Code statutes — permanent employment, last-in-first-out, and dismissal — violated the rights of California students under California’s Equ ...
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Analysis of the teacher tenure case
June 10, 2014 | By JOSHUA THOMPSON
As reported earlier on the Liberty Blog, the Superior Court for Los Angeles County issued a decision striking down three California statutes that relate to employment of California’s public school teachers. The lawsuit was brought by Students Matter on behalf of several California public school students and their guardians ad litem. The St ...