In a ruling heard around the country, a Superior Court judge in Los Angeles has ruled California's teacher tenure rules are unconstitutional because they disproportionately saddle students in poor neighborhoods with the worst educators. U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan immediately hailed the decision, even though it will be appealed, as an opportunity to build "a new framework for the teaching profession."
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