BREAKING: Ninth Circuit Maintains Bar On Discharges Under Don?t Ask, Don?t Tell
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on July 16th, 2011 4:36 am by HL
BREAKING: Ninth Circuit Maintains Bar On Discharges Under Don?t Ask, Don?t Tell
In response to a petition from the Department of Justice seeking an emergency stay on a July 6 ruling that blocked further enforcement of the 1993 law, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals late today granted the government’s request on a temporary basis ahead of further proceedings next week — technically putting the law back […]
In response to a petition from the Department of Justice seeking an emergency stay on a July 6 ruling that blocked further enforcement of the 1993 law, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals late today granted the government’s request on a temporary basis ahead of further proceedings next week — technically putting the law back into effect. The latest ruling in Log Cabin Republicans v. United States, however, came with one big asterisk that will prevent discharges from moving forward. Chris Geidner of Metro Weekly explains:
The move puts the 1993 law banning military service back into effect until the court can make a more complete determination about whether to reconsider the July 6 order — while continuing to prevent the military from “investigating, penalizing, or discharging anyone from the military pursuant to the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy.”
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663 DC Teachers Getting Raises Thanks To Performance Pay
I wish Bill Turque’s column about the latest IMPACT teacher evaluation news out of DC hadn’t focused so heavily in the lead and headline on people getting fired. The much more important part is way down: Another 663 teachers (16 percent) were rated highly effective, making them eligible for performance bonuses of up to $25,000. […]
I wish Bill Turque’s column about the latest IMPACT teacher evaluation news out of DC hadn’t focused so heavily in the lead and headline on people getting fired. The much more important part is way down:
Another 663 teachers (16 percent) were rated highly effective, making them eligible for performance bonuses of up to $25,000. The vast majority were rated effective.
There’s nothing wrong with the government paying high salaries if doing so gets you high quality personnel. If generous salaries mean you get a lot of applicants, that’s great. But it’s worth looking at whether your hiring decisions have worked out well. And then if they have, you should by all means spend money. It might cost a lot to hire a lot of excellent teachers and keep them teaching in your school system. But that’s money well spent. The idea that it’s somehow “anti-teacher” to want to identify and compensate the best people in the system is bizarre.
