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alp227

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Wed Jan 8, 2014, 03:22 AM Jan 2014

Nine students sue state of California for 'ineffective' teachers (Al Jazeera)

Al Jazeera America is publicizing Students Matter's Vergara v. California lawsuit "seek(ing) to overturn five state statutes that the organization says deny students quality education by shielding bad teachers from the consequences of their performances." The lawsuit is set to begin on the 27th.

DU has some threads about the suit. One thread describes Students Matter as "astroturf". Here is another.

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Nine students sue state of California for 'ineffective' teachers (Al Jazeera) (Original Post) alp227 Jan 2014 OP
Follow the Benjamins warrant46 Jan 2014 #1
I wouldn't be a bit surprised. El_Johns Jan 2014 #2
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