California Teacher Tenure Survives Landmark Bad-Schools Suit

By Edvard Pettersson, Bloomberg News

The first U.S. court decision to take away lifetime job security for public school teachers was overturned on appeal in a ruling that found California’s tenure system doesn’t violate the constitutional rights of students.

In a case that’s drawn nationwide attention, a California appeals court reversed a 2014 ruling by a Los Angeles judge that the state’s tenure laws left low-income and minority students disproportionately stuck with “grossly” ineffective teachers and breached their fundamental right to equality in education.

“Although the statutes may lead to the hiring and retention of more ineffective teachers than a ...