Proof that NYC's mayor wants to get rid of veteran teachers and their salaries and benefits:

[no_hypocrisy]

Only 58% of new teachers were granted tenure. Last year it was 97%.

The disparity of numbers dispels the Mayor's own premise that veteran teachers should yield to newer teachers as the latter have more energy, fresher ideas, more dynamics in the classroom. And if the newer teachers WERE "more valuable" to the public school system, shouldn't they be offered tenure to coax them to stay in the system instead of seeking private sector employment? Why turn away so many MVP's?

Because Bloomberg wants to blow up the public school system of New York City. He wants to get rid of the expense of teachers who have dedicated their lives and careers and won't protect the new recruits.


http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/editorials/ending_teachers_easy_ZAUWbKwvzsQv3qPmQFxwwJ

[Pholus]

1. The new rule: a person's useful life ends about age 26. After that they are a drain on the system.

After all, they start expecting stuff.

Living salaries that can raise a family, own a home, pay off the loans it took to get the training and education requirement,
save for the retirement you need once we're done throwing away Social Security.

All irrelevant and expensive to an MBA all-star. Cheap labor, now and forever. That's the ticket.

And we're talking about RAISING the retirement age....