Teachers on Trial: Values, Standards, and Equity in Judging Conduct and Competence

by James A. Gross

Teachers on Trial is a study of 260 case decisions in New York State which tenured teachers were charged with incompetence or conduct unbecoming a professional. The author analyzes what, in the deciders' opinion, constituted conduct unbecoming and incompetence and critiques the standards used in making determinations.

128 pages, Paperback

First published October 31, 1988

About the author

James A. Gross (born 1933) is an American educator and historian who teaches United States labor law and labor history at the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations.