High court's turn in fight over California teacher tenure

AP:  LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Teachers across California may have breathed a sigh of relief when an appellate court upheld job protection that has long been considered sacrosanct.

But the court's unanimous ruling that found teacher tenure is constitutional and doesn't deprive students of a fair education may not be settled if the state's highest court decides to review the case, which has ramifications for more than 6 million students and hundreds of thousands of teachers.

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