re: #343 alexknyc

Tenure in the NYC school system is a beast.

Firing an incompetent teacher can take two years or more.

Administrators simply reshuffle the deck— moving bad teachers into other schools (now that the rubber room is gone) and getting the dregs from other schools— because going through the procedure is just too time-consuming.

Gaining tenure in NYC is an absolute nightmare as well. I’ve known several competent well-liked and effective teachers denied tenure in favor of people with personal relationships with principals.

The whole thing is broken and no one (including me) has any idea how to fix it.

well just eliminate tenure & have performance reviews/incentives… it work fine in the private sector.