How to Fire a Bad Teacher
Tenure has made it almost impossible to fire bad teachers. Multiple groups have published charts illustrating graphically how difficult it is to get rid of a teacher who can't or won't improve. Washington City Paper even made a game out of D.C.'s Byzantine, union-enforced process. Click on one of the thumbnails below for a visual perspective on how tough teachers unions make it to terminate bad teachers.
Reason magazine (illustrated by Terry Colon, based off of a chart by Common Good) on union-imposed obstacles to teacher firing in New York City

