Coverage dated August 14, 2022 to August 16, 2022

Minneapolis school district defends deal to lay off White teachers ahead of minority teachers

Headline from Washington Times

Minneapolis Public Schools is defending its agreement with the teachers’ union to lay off White instructors ahead of less-senior minority faculty, saying the terms are needed to fix “past discrimination.”

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Reports & sources

16 articles, oldest first.

  1. Fox News

    Minneapolis teachers union agreement stipulates White teachers be laid off first, regardless of seniority (opens Fox News)

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    An agreement reached last spring between the Minneapolis Public Schools and the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers exempts "underrepresented" teachers from seniority-based layoffs.

  2. Southern Minnesota

    Report: Minneapolis teachers union contract structures layoffs by race (opens Southern Minnesota)

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    (The Center Square) – A Minneapolis Public Schools' contract with a teachers union says that white teachers will be laid off or reassigned outside of seniority order before “educators of

  3. RedState

    White Teachers Will Be First to Be Laid Off Under New Minneapolis School District Policy (opens RedState)

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    RedState's feed description

    Woke discrimination is just as bad as Jim Crow discrimination.

  4. Washington Examiner

    Minneapolis teachers union's racism against white people should not be tolerated (opens Washington Examiner)

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    White teachers are permitted to be discriminated against in a Minneapolis school district, according to a new contract between Minneapolis’s public schools and teachers union. The contract stipulates that the district’s teachers who are not white will be prioritized in case of layoffs. Previously,…

  5. The Daily Caller

    Minneapolis Public Schools To Fire White Teachers First Thanks To Teachers Union (opens The Daily Caller)

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    A contract between a Minneapolis public school district and teachers union calls for white teachers to be fired before minority teachers.

  6. BizPac Review

    Teachers' union contract says white teachers will be laid off first even if they have seniority (opens BizPac Review)

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    A Minneapolis teachers union will prioritize the layoffs of white teachers even if they have seniority, claiming past injustices.

  7. Washington Times

    Minneapolis school district defends deal to lay off White teachers ahead of minority teachers (opens Washington Times)

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    Minneapolis Public Schools is defending its agreement with the teachers’ union to lay off White instructors ahead of less-senior minority faculty, saying the terms are needed to fix “past discrimination.”

  8. The Washington Free Beacon

    Minnesota Public Schools Changes Rules To Lay Off White Teachers Before Minorities (opens The Washington Free Beacon)

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    Minnesota Public Schools reached an agreement with its teachers' union to institute a policy that will discriminate against white teachers during layoffs, according to a report from Alpha News.

  9. Washington Examiner

    White teachers must be laid off first under Minneapolis agreement (opens Washington Examiner)

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    White teachers must be laid off or reassigned first before “educators of color” under the terms of a Minneapolis teachers union contract between the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers union and the school district.

  10. Fox News

    Teachers union agreement stipulating White teachers be laid off first criticized: 'Constitutionally suspect' (opens Fox News)

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    An agreement between the Minneapolis Public Schools and Minneapolis teachers union stipulates White teachers and staff be laid off first, regardless of seniority.

  11. BizPac Review

    Minnesota school district defends deal with teachers' union to lay off white teachers first (opens BizPac Review)

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    A MN school district that made a deal with a teachers' union to lay off white teachers first defended what many have suggested is racism.

  12. Washington Examiner

    Minneapolis school district defends agreement to lay off white teachers before minorities (opens Washington Examiner)

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    A Minneapolis school district is defending its agreement with a teachers union to lay off white teachers before minority educators, calling it necessary to address “past discrimination.”

  13. Deseret News

    Do race-based teacher layoffs in Minneapolis pass constitutional muster? (opens Deseret News)

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    The Minneapolis teachers union and school district are defending a negotiated agreement in which white educators would be laid off or reassigned ahead of less-senior minority faculty. The terms are needed to fix “past discrimination,” the district said.

  14. Fox News

    Lawyers react to 'illegal' agreement in Minneapolis to lay off White teachers first (opens Fox News)

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    The agreement between the Minneapolis public school district and teachers union exempted "underrepresented" teachers from layoffs, regardless of seniority.

  15. Fox News

    Lawyer says Minnesota school district 'put discrimination into law' with plan to lay off White teachers first (opens Fox News)

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    Upper Midwest Law Center's James Dickey said the policy of prioritizing White teachers for layoffs regardless of seniority is a violation of the 14th Amendment.

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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