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The issue of eliminating job protection for teachers in Missouri was resurrected today at a hearing of the state's joint education committee |
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Wrap: St. Louis City Senator Jamilah Nasheed says lawmakers should step in to keep school districts from awarding teacher tenure, which she says produces lazy teachers.
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Description: If they're not performing in the manner that which they should be performing meaning children are not getting the proper education that's needed to order for them to compete in a global economy they need to be fired. |
A spokesperson for the Missouri National Education Association says in a seperate interview lawmakers should invest in education, not tenure reform.
Teachers in Missouri achieve tenure after five years in one district. Nasheed says a better system would be employing teachers on yearly or long term contracts.
Reporting from the state capitol, I'm Matt Kalish.