Tuesday 16 August 2022 02:10 AM Fury as Minneapolis teachers union says WHITE teachers laid off first ... trends now

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A new contract between public schools and the teachers' union in the city of Minneapolis is causing outrage because it may see white teachers laid off at the expense of teachers of color.

The stipulation is part of a new agreement starting in spring 2023 between the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers and Minneapolis Public Schools ending a two-week long teachers' strike. 

Part of the agreement was an attempt to re-format how the school district hires and keeps teachers of color. 

The new contract says that, while teachers subject to layoffs or relocations will typically done based off seniority, they may go outside the order to avoid doing that to a teacher who is 'a member of a population underrepresented'.  

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