I wonder how much effect it will have on public discourse because, after all, teachers can't be fired because of "tenure" unless they did something truly egregious towards kids or did something criminal.
Welcome to the real world of teacher terminations.
Snip from Rupert's paper:
Their footage reveals the maddening culture in which more than 600 banned city teachers -- fighting being fired or waiting for their names to be cleared -- are kept in this purgatory and try to stave off boredom any way they can.
The filmmakers found one teacher who had been in a rubber room for 12 years.
Doodling is a popular pastime. Others read every word of the newspaper. Many gulp down cup after cup of coffee.
The more motivated among them work on laptops -- sometimes to earn higher-education degrees or to run side businesses, both of which are against the rules.
The rooms are depressing. One space is large and windowless, flooded by bright florescent light, jammed with rows of large aging desks, metal folding chairs and debris, including foam cups, newspapers and plastic bags.
The walls bear the same blue-and-white pattern used at Rikers Island.
It IS all about cost cutting by forcing senior teachers out to quit or resign. What's 60K a year to pay a teacher to sit in a room when the DOE can save FAR more than that on salaries and benefits if the teacher quits or retires?
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