Careful adherence to both the letter and the spirit of the contract usually results in the successful handling of teacher grievances and the development of good employee relations throughout the school system. (Author/IRT)

A survey of 101 Indiana administrators who have evaluated more than 11,000 teachers revealed that only 1.2 percent of teachers left the profession because of deficiencies in their area of certification. However, 5.3 percent of teachers were reprimanded, asked to resign, or dismissed because of inability to organize and control a classroom of…

Outlines 12 steps a principal should follow when he or she has put a teacher on an intensive evaluation cycle because of the teacher's unsatisfactory performance. The steps focus on following and documenting procedures that will lead to a fair dismissal case. (IRT)

Recounts the personal experiences of a university junior faculty member who was dismissed when a cut in staff was mandated. (TJ)

The book offers a basic guide to teacher's constitutional rights. Using a question and answer format, it details the freedom to teach, to lead one's private life, to select mode of dress and grooming; the freedom of religion, of speech, and association outside the classroom; and the freedom from arbitrary or discriminatory action by school…

Presents the report of the National Academy of Sciences' Committee in Human Rights which seeks to ease the plight of individual scientists, engineers, and medical personnel suffering severe repression. Case studies of instances of negligence of human rights are provided. (CP)

Reviews a recent case that exhibits the mistakes that can be made when teachers, school boards, and administrators fail to understand that teacher tenure is not a guarantee of employment but does guarantee that procedural and statutory protections will apply in any termination process. (PGD)

Discusses a Wisconsin court case that dealt with the issue of whether the plaintiff-appellent, a teacher who was offered his regular teaching contract, is entitled to notice and hearing for not being retained in a cocurricular assignment as basketball coach. (Author/JF)

St. Bonaventure University fired a tenured professor accused of mistreating athletes and others, but faculty members see it as a flouting of normal procedures by the president. (EV)

Discusses how Sami Al-Arian, of the University of South Florida, may become the first tenured professor to lose his job for his views in the aftermath of September 11. Many faculty members say academic freedom will take a beating. (EV)

It is the thesis of this note that California's teacher removal statutes foreclose that degree of teacher classroom flexibility which is necessary to achieve the state's educational goals and which is required by the first amendment. (Author)

This article describes recent cases of censorship that individual teachers have encountered and lists practical guidelines and strategies that could protect both teacher and students. (Editors/JA)

The courts are likely to protect teachers whose nonconventional behaviors are practiced with discretion. The delicate balance between the private rights of teachers and the interests of school officials in protecting the integrity of the educational process is summed up in the teacher's duty to privacy. (Author/IRT)

In this speech, the author identifies and discusses some misconceptions about tenure, discusses some problems encountered in dismissing tenured teachers, and offers solutions for improving this dismissal process. To improve the dismissal process, the author urges that (1) boards of education consult an attorney when contemplating a tenure…

The principle that emerges from the case is that a public employer does not have to share all relevant information with an employee prior to a termination hearing. (Author)