Meet the 1,400 jobless New York teachers still getting paid

[Midnight Mike]

It would seem like a pretty good gig: About 1,400 teachers in New York City are receiving full salaries and benefits even though they don't have permanent jobs. Two hundred and five of them have been without full-time work for three years. And they can continue receiving payments indefinitely even if they never secure new positions.


http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html? ... 3aba7b&p=1 (http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=2468789b-84b8-4681-9d2b-9f09503aba7b&p=1)

[Matt Molnar]

NYC's teacher's union rivals the MLB Player's Association in terms of its ridiculousness. The teachers might be more obscene since what they do actually impacts millions of lives.

I know a fair number of recently hired NYC teachers. The majority of them I wouldn't hire to sweep floors, nevermind guide a room full of young children. It's really frightening.

[Matt Molnar]

Very interesting timing. On Wednesday, the schools chancellor, citing budget cuts, announced a citywide teacher hiring freeze and directed principals to hire only from the reserve pool.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/07/nyreg ... f=nyregion (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/07/nyregion/07hiring.html?ref=nyregion)