I was going to post that Illinois has a LAW that Tenure must be used for laying off teachers.
Then I heard that it is law in 48 states, and that firing a tenured teacher is more difficult than firing a union auto worker.
In fact there are many tenured teachers that, like the auto workers, are paid to do nothing after they were for whatever reason removed from their position. Some because of school or program closings, sometimes basically criminal acts, but it is cheaper to pay them than pay the lawyers to truly fire them.

They specifically mentioned 7 Hawaiian teachers that they attempted to fire for poor performance. After 10 years and hundreds of thousands of dollars, 4 were let go.

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1990 500SL

I was always taught to respect my elders.
I don't have to respect too many people anymore.