Casey Seiler is reporting at Capitol Confidential the Partnership for Educational Justice Tues., June 24, announced its plans to legally challenge New York's teacher tenure laws, including the foundational "last-in, first-out" protection. The decision comes in the wake of the recent Vergara state court decision in California. The New York case will include six families as plaintiffs, including one family from Rochester and others from downstate. The group alleges the current system helps keep ineffective and even dangerous teachers in the classroom. The Partnership for Educational Justice is a newly formed nonprofit headed by former CNN anchor Campbell Brown and her husband, Republican adviser and commentator Dan Senor. Senor also sits on the board of StudentsFirstNY, an education reform group that includes charter school entrepreneur Eva Moskowitz. The law firm Kirkland & Ellis will represent the plaintiff pro bono, and the legal team will include Jay Lefkowitz, a former Bush White House counsel. Read the full story at Capitol Confidential, a Times Union blog.