The Rubber Room - where bad teachers go

Ever wonder what

happens to teachers who are suspended or accused of a crime or what have you…but has yet to experience a trial or legal proceedings? They’re not allowed to be in front of the kids but have to be stashed someplace…and in New York City, it’s the Rubber Room. To wit:

….true story of little-known rooms in the New York City Board of Education building. Teachers are told to report there instead of their classrooms. No reason is usually given. When they arrive, they find they’ve been put on some kind of probationary status, and they must report every day until the matter is cleared up. They call it the Rubber Room. Average length of stay? Months, sometimes years …MORE…

I never knew anything about this, so I investigated further and found for you:

• Where teachers sit, awaiting their fate
• Rubber Room teachers demand rights
• Lousy teachers or just political victims?
• Military to Recruit Rubber Room Teachers, ATR’s
• The Rubber room movie

Fascinating, eh? Now if only they’d get a place to put obnoxious students and their obnoxious parents who protect said obnoxious students…..

ThankYouVeryMuch!

Owlbert

ps - speaking about Rubber rooms:

RUBBER DUCKIE ~Wall Clock~ duck bathroom tub kids room

MOON ROOM RUBBER STAMP MODERN ART FACE LINE DRAWING

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