Education Wars

This case is a rare one in that a teacher has revealed a petty disciplinary action publicly.

This is bullshit. Take it from somebody who has gone through these politically-motivated witchhunts:

Placing a disciplinary letter in a teacher's file is "extremely rare," Di Chiro said. Typically teachers will be cited for high-level offenses, such as touching a student inappropriately or disciplining a student using physical force, Ginsberg said. A letter could prevent a teacher from being hired by another district, as teachers are expected to disclose any formal discipline they have received when they are seeking jobs, Di Chiro added.

Typical bullshit from a typical superintendent who wants taxpayers to believe teachers get exactly what they deserve. It isn't "extremely rare"; it is commonplace, and it is done for all kinds of reasons besides inappropriate behavior with students. That's the cover story liars in administration use to abuse teachers by saying they deserve it. By the way, the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission creates a blacklist of teachers who have been disciplined or fired solely for the purpose of ruining their careers. This has nothing to do with "higher standards" or with cases where there is criminal involvement. Such horseshit would never be allowed in the private sector. Who in their fucking mind would go into a corrupt field like public education if people knew about this?
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