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North Carolina Supreme Court Rules Law Violates Rights of Veteran Teachers

North Carolina’s Supreme Court says state lawmakers violated the constitutional rights of veteran teachers by taking away job protections they’d already earned. The state’s high court ruled unanimously April 15 that the General Assembly can’t retroactively repeal the job protections …

North Carolina Appeals Court Rules UNC Violated Tenure Rules in Professor Firing

A state appeals court has ruled that the University of North Carolina didn’t follow proper procedures when it suspended and ultimately fired a tenured physics professor convicted of smuggling drugs in Argentina. The Court of Appeals ruled this week that …

Michigan Teacher Fired Over Racial Comments Awarded $535K

A Michigan jury has awarded $535,000 to a white former Flint teacher who claimed he was illegally fired for a racial comment. Lawyers for Craig Hecht (Heck) were able to show jurors that black staff members at Linden Charter Academy …