Oakland plan makes teachers compete for their jobs

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/03/31/MN1F1NSJ0C.DTL

As part of a radical plan to reform three failing high schools in Oakland, current teachers who want to stay will have to compete for their jobs with outside applicants.

They also will have to agree to work nearly a month more each year, but the deal comes with a bigger paycheck.