Entries from October 2009

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

The Rubber Room The battle over New York City’s worst teachers. The Rubber Room: The battle over New York City’s worst teachers. by Steven Brill

Original Article here: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/08/31/090831fa_fact_brill?currentPage=all
In a windowless room in a shabby office building at Seventh Avenue and Twenty-eighth Street, in Manhattan, a poster is taped to a wall, whose message could easily be the mission statement for a day-care center: “Children are fragile. Handle with care.” It’s a June morning, and there are fifteen people in [...]