What Do You Know About Dismissing Incompetent Teachers?

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Downey, Gregg W. "How To Get Rid of Your Bad Teachers and Help Your Good Ones Get Better ." American School Board Journal, 165, 6 (June 1978 ), pp. 23-26. EJ 181 474. UMI $4.00.

Munnelly, Robert J. "Dealing with Teacher Incompetence: Supervision and Evaluation in a Due Process Framework." Contemporary Education, 50, 4 (Summer 1979), pp. 221-25. EJ 213 501. UMI $4.00.

Pellicer, Leonard O. , and Hendrix, O.B. "A Practical Approach To Remediation and Dismissal." NASSP Bulletin, 64, 434 (March 1980), pp. 57-62, EJ 217 709. UMI $4.00.

Place, Roger A. "Removing the Incompetent Practitioner." Paper presented at the American Association of School Administrators annual convention, Atlantic City, N.J., February 1974. 4 pp. ED 088 237. EDRS. Specify ED 088 237 MF $0.83 PC $1.82.

Rosenberger, David S. , and Plimpton, Richard A. "Teacher Incompetence and the Courts." Journal of Law and Education, 4, 3 (July 1975), pp. 469-86. EJ 122 515. UMI $6.00.

" Why School Boards Can't Simply Fire Poor Teachers—and What To Do About It." Updating School Board Policies, 8, 10 (October 1977), pp. 1-4, 6. EJ 167 819. Educational Policies Service/NSBA Policy Information Clearinghouse, 1055 Thomas Jefferson St., N.W., 6th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20007.

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