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UFT Asserts It May Sue City

Submitted by Esther, Oct 15, 2007 14:49

Keeping teachers accused of serious ineptitude or misbehavior in crowded "rubber rooms" much like recreational rooms for the criminally insane just shows how irrational the "Bored" of Education can be when faced with a serious administrative challenge. Why not just send the accused home until their cases are resolved? The overhead used to keep these people twiddling their thumbs for a few years --what to speak of their salaries!--could be utilized to expedite their cases and let them get on with their lives. Randi Weingarten is right in this case: yes, threaten to sue the Board of Education, but the union needs to do its part by taking practical steps to strengthen the screenings processes used during hiring. The current system fails our children and the taxpayers by allowing undesirables in the teaching pool in the first place.

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I am one of those educators that has been sent to the so-called "Rubber Rooms," because I reported a teacher... [MORE]	Elba Rivera	Mar 16, 2008 18:08
I spent many years teaching at Washington Irving High School. As at any big urban school it was always challenging,... [MORE]	bob stoll	Mar 4, 2008 14:52
We do not have rubber rooms in my state...yet. However, as a high school teacher, I can truly say that... [MORE]	Susan Kohi	Mar 3, 2008 21:18
The Department of Education ignores the basic constitutional rights of teachers, creating a new system of law whose major maxim... [MORE]	Roger Rivera	Oct 18, 2007 17:00
After 8 years of teaching with an outstanding rating, my son was recently assigned to a "rubber room." The "charges"... [MORE]	Ray	Mar 8, 2008 08:30
I was an "member? of the rubber room at 501 Courtlandt. I was there because of an external situation I... [MORE]	Mark Kuhn	Oct 17, 2007 08:41
If Ms. Weingarten believes she has a case against the City, then shouldn't the Teachers, Aides, A.P.s, etc. have the... [MORE]	Judith Cohen	Oct 15, 2007 17:45
Judith Cohen is correct. I wish she would write me off-line, as I think a class action lawsuit would be... [MORE]	Bruce J. Ramer	Oct 16, 2007 06:57
Instead of asking David Cantor what teachers in these rubber rooms have been accused of, why don't you go directly... [MORE]	Leonard Brown, Ph.D.	Oct 15, 2007 15:41
Keeping teachers accused of serious ineptitude or misbehavior in crowded "rubber rooms" much like recreational rooms for the criminally insane...	Esther	Oct 15, 2007 14:49
The majority of teachers who are held in the re-assignment centers - nick-named "rubber rooms" - are, by their performance... [MORE]	Betsy Combier	Oct 15, 2007 07:39

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