Lawsuit takes on California teachers' job protections

It contends that California laws on the tenure, seniority and dismissal of teachers violate the Constitution because they don't ensure all students have access to an adequate education. Local school districts, state legislators and even a California governor have tried to limit teachers' job protections, among the most generous in the country. Efforts have all failed to rid public schools of ineffective teachers by making it easier to fire them and tougher for them to gain tenure and by stripping them of seniority rights. Now proponents are taking their fight...