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TEACHER TENURE

By administrators’ own admission, one out of every three teachers in Tennessee is ineffective. But after three years on the job, between 90 and 100 percent of them receive tenure – what amounts to lifelong job security. Since 2006, only seven teachers in Hamilton County’s nearly 3,000-member teaching force have been fired or resigned before administrators had the chance to get rid of them.