Post by Logan on May 7, 2016 3:59:52 GMT -6
The Duluth school district was added as a defendant this week in a lawsuit alleging the state's lowest-performing teachers are concentrated in schools serving the highest percentages of poor and minority students.
The district joined three other Twin Cities-area districts in being added to an amended civil complaint filed in State District Court in Ramsey County. The lawsuit challenges the constitutionality of certain state teachers' laws that plaintiffs say protect ineffective teachers and perpetuate achievement gaps.
Four parents are listed as plaintiffs, including Duluth's Bonnie Dominguez, who claims in the lawsuit that her 13-year-old daughter "lost significant ground" while enrolled at Myers-Wilkins Elementary School.
The school districts — including St. Paul, Anoka-Hennepin and West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan — were added as defendants alongside the state of Minnesota, Gov. Mark Dayton and the Minnesota Department of Education.
Read more: www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/education/4026162-duluth-school-district-added-teacher-tenure-lawsuit
The district joined three other Twin Cities-area districts in being added to an amended civil complaint filed in State District Court in Ramsey County. The lawsuit challenges the constitutionality of certain state teachers' laws that plaintiffs say protect ineffective teachers and perpetuate achievement gaps.
Four parents are listed as plaintiffs, including Duluth's Bonnie Dominguez, who claims in the lawsuit that her 13-year-old daughter "lost significant ground" while enrolled at Myers-Wilkins Elementary School.
The school districts — including St. Paul, Anoka-Hennepin and West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan — were added as defendants alongside the state of Minnesota, Gov. Mark Dayton and the Minnesota Department of Education.
Read more: www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/education/4026162-duluth-school-district-added-teacher-tenure-lawsuit