Debate: Does Tenure Protect Bad Teachers or Good Schools?
Do job protections prevent bad faculty from being removed or do they provide for greater stability in a demanding, low-paid profession?

Claim: Tenure protects bad teachers
Reason: Tenure allows for teachers who drink on the job or fall asleep at their desks to bargain for bonuses and increased retirement in order to get rid of them.
Warrant 0: it'd be best to somehow get rid of those bad apples
Warrant 1: it'd be best to somehow get rid of those bad apples but still keep tenure
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Tenure provides stability
Reason: Teachers only have the assurance that they can't be fired on a whim.
Warrant 0: bad teachers can do what they want knowing they won't be fired
Warrant 1: good teachers can do what they want knowing they won't be fired
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Tenure protects bad teachers
Reason: Teachers are safe from review.
Warrant 0: Teachers need ability not guaranteed stability
Warrant 1: Teachers need stability based on ability.
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Tenure provides stability
Reason: Without tenure, there are too many little things that teachers could lose their jobs over.
Warrant 0: Teachers need job stability
Warrant 1: Teachers need job regulation
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Tenure protects bad teachers
Reason: Because of tenure, only a very small number of teachers are fired for cause.
Warrant 0: the turnaround is so large
Warrant 1: the turnaround is so small
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Tenure provides stability
Reason: The security of tenure is necessary to compensate for the low salary of teachers.
Warrant 0: teachers are paid low salaries for a reason
Warrant 1: teachers are paid low salaries for no reason
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Tenure provides stability
Reason: Tenure is needed to keep teachers, it is a positive reward.
Warrant 0: it is a positive reward only for good teachers
Warrant 1: it is also a positive reward for bad teachers
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Tenure protects bad teachers
Reason: Teachers should answer to school boards and parents associations rather than themselves.
Warrant 0: Teachers are all given job security
Warrant 1: Teachers needs job security just like everyone else.
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Tenure provides stability
Reason: Tenure allows for protecting the good and firing the bad teachers.
Warrant 0: good and bad is subjective when it comes to teachers, as there is no consistent rating system
Warrant 1: good and bad is objective when it comes to teachers, as there is a consistent rating system
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Tenure provides stability
Reason: The difficulty in firing a tenured teacher is not a justifiable reason that tenure is wrong.
Warrant 0: It is difficult to fire a tenured teacher
Warrant 1: It is not impossible to fire a tenured teacher
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Tenure provides stability
Reason: Without tenure, there are too many little things that teachers could lose their jobs over.
Warrant 0: both good and bad teachers are protected with tenure
Warrant 1: good teachers are protected with tenure
Correct warrant: 1