Some Students Would Pay For Their Teachers To Be In A Rubber Room

NYC has over 700 teachers it’s paying full salaries to sit in “rubber rooms” (hey, it’s their term, not mine) and play scrabble or surf the web.

I guess it’s a good think the city is not in any financial hardships and can afford to pay that kind of money to union people to just sit around and do nothing. After all, the city surely has nothing better to do with an estimated $65 million per year than to pay union teachers who have been accused of violations from insubordination to sexual harassment.

It’s common to sit in these rooms and be paid to do nothing for years, with some have wound up in there for 5 or 6 years.

This is due to the teacher’s unions that make it near impossible to fire anyone, and won’t allow them to be reassigned to productive work while waiting for resolution of the charges.