SAN FRANCISCO ­— A landmark decision striking down California’s teacher tenure laws for subjecting economically disadvantaged students to “grossly ineffective teachers” has been reversed by a state appeals court.

The Second District Court of Appeal ruled on Thursday that lawyers for the student-plaintiffs had failed to establish that the challenged statutes violate the state constitution’s guarantee of equal protection under the law.

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