The prioritizing of teachers of color over senior educators may also apply to re-hiring after layoff.
It reads: 'If excessing a teacher who is a member of a population underrepresented among licensed teachers in the site, the district shall excess the next least senior teacher, who is not a member of an underrepresented population.' Many have called the deal unconstitutional, and accused it of addressing past racism with more racism. The agreement was reached in spring of 2022 after a two-week teachers strike, and was spearheaded by Minneapolis Federation of Teachers president Greta Callahan. 'Minneapolis Public Schools and the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers (MFT) mutually agreed to contract language that aims to support the recruitment and retention of teachers from underrepresented groups as compared to the labor market and to the community served by the school district,' it said in a statement to the Washington Times. It said the new contract is being used to 'remedy the continuing effects of past discrimination.' Minneapolis Public Schools doubled down on its deal, which states instead of teacher layoffs or relocations being decided based on seniority – as is typical – schools can ignore that protocol and dismiss senior staff members if otherwise a teacher of color would be laid off. A Minneapolis school board has defended its contract that promotes laying off white teachers ahead of those of color to reverse prior racism.
0 kommentar(er)
