The Education Wars

It appears New York teacher applicants can't find jobs to save their lives, but why in the hell would anybody work in a public school district, especially New York, where the mistreatment of teachers is notorious?

New York, as you recall, is home of the infamous "rubber room."

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Many are forwarding their résumés to charter schools and private schools; others are looking to the suburbs and across state lines. Some are reconsidering the teaching profession altogether.

“This was a pretty big bomb that dropped,” said Pam Ritchie, 43, a substitute teacher in Park Slope, Brooklyn, who had hoped the connections she developed would land her a permanent job in the fall. “I’m devastated.”

Sorry, Pam, but at 43 you are way too old for the job. Districts want only the bimbos, i.e., the young, malleable, cheap hires who will stay only a few years before leaving.