(Wall Street Journal) — A higher percentage of teachers will likely fail to get tenure this year, an education department official said, as the city moves to make more difficult the path to lifetime employment. Traditionally, tenure is granted three years and a day after teachers begin working. Once they get tenure, they are difficult to remove even if their performance is poor. Last year, the Department of Education terminated 32 teachers for incompetence in a system with more than 75,000 teachers. Principals generally do not stand in their way: In 2005, for instance, fewer than 1% of teachers in the city were denied tenure.
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