California Court Teacher Tenure Ruling Bolsters Public Schools' Finances

A lesser-told angle of the recent Vergara v. California ruling is its potential to improve Golden State public schools’ financial position and and market competitiveness relative to charter schools. Aside from the pedagogical debate about the merits or pitfalls of teacher tenure, seniority-based, ironclad tenure makes teachers more expensive at public schools compared to the performance-based hiring common at charter schools. Wisconsin offers a forward-looking comparison: it enacted similar te...