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A teachers union rally, reflecting the ongoing political debate over teacher tenure protections

Teacher tenure

Teacher tenure is a job protection status that many public school teachers in the United States can earn after completing a probationary period, typically lasting two to five years depending on the state, during which their performance is evaluated. Once granted tenure, a teacher generally cannot be dismissed without the school district following specific due

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A job protection status earned by many public school teachers after a probationary period, requiring due process before dismissal.

President Lyndon B. Johnson signing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, which created Title I

Title I

Title I is a provision of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, a United States federal law originally passed in 1965, that directs additional federal funding to schools and districts with high numbers or percentages of children from low-income families. It remains one of the largest sources of federal funding for K-12 education in the

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A federal funding provision, part of a 1965 law, that directs extra money to schools serving large numbers of low-income students.