This is what black and Latino voters are getting for their votes, bad teachers for their children. Bad enough Mayor Bill de Blasio wants to downsize Charters schools that offer minority children better educations. A new slap in the face to people of color is horrible teachers to teach their kids in a already failing public school system.
NY Daily News reports City Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña has had internal discussions with her staff about placing most of the 1,200 educators in full-time teaching jobs even though about half have disciplinary histories or unsatisfactory ratings, sources said.A pool of teachers whom principals don’t want to hire may be headed back into the classroom, the Daily News has learned.City Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña has had internal discussions with her staff about placing most of the 1,200 educators in full-time teaching jobs even though about half have disciplinary histories or unsatisfactory ratings, sources said.The move would be a sharp reversal of a policy instituted under Mayor Michael Bloomberg in 2005 to have the teachers rotate as subs instead of foisting them on principals who didn’t want themBut moving the teachers back into classrooms would save the city an estimated $100 million a year — money that could be allocated elsewhere.The unassigned teachers lost their full-time jobs for a variety of reasons — 25% committed wrongdoing, 25% received an “unsatisfactory” rating, 40% worked in schools that closed or downsized and 10% teach subjects that are no longer offered in schools.They are different from the so-called rubber room staff who are banned from the classroom.More here
Progressives always talk a good game to get the votes. But, it's what they do that tells the tale.
