If you believe that, I've got a bridge I'd like to sell you.
The National Education Association denounces blatant age discrimination as more and more veteran educators are targeted for dismissal by school superintendents and administrators. In many cases, school officials use the guise of “improvement plans” to harass veteran educators without taking into account the countless contributions they have made to public education.
Educators who have been discriminated against because of their age can find solace and legal protection in the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA), which protects teachers age 40 and over against age discrimination. Under this act, age may not be the sole factor when a school district terminates the employment of a teacher. If a teacher charges a school district with age discrimination, the school district has the burden to show that some factor other than age influenced its decision.
The problem is NEA's state and local affiliates make SURE a teacher doesn't KNOW about EEOC and other avenues when that teacher is targeted for dismissal. That's how I got screwed over so badly by Washoe County School District. There was blatant collusion between WEA and WCSD.
WCSD has had early separation plans for those 50 and older with twenty or more years of continuous service. While the Arizona district appears to have added bennies to the early separation policy, early separation plans are by definition blatant age discrimination. Such plans are warnings to anybody even contemplating teaching in midlife or working for any school district like WCSD to stay away.
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