What is "The Rubber Room?" Simply put, "The Rubber Room" is a room where hundreds and hundreds of New York City schoolteachers presently sit, being paid full salary to do absolutely nothing. But, like so many things, it's not quite so simple... What Happens? Each year in New York City hundreds of schoolteachers are suspended. Their teaching privileges are temporarily, but indefinitely, revoked. Accused of a wide range and varying degrees of misconduct, these teachers are no longer allowed in the classroom. Instead, while awaiting a lengthy adjudication process, they are compelled to report to an off-campus location commonly referred to as The Rubber Room.
Read this newspaper article about it. Look at the trailer for a documentary film about the rubber-room. Look at the film's website. Listen to the radio broadcast on NPR's This American Life.

Saturday, April 21, 2007

Insomnia

I suffer from it. I wonder why.

Maybe some answers lie within here;

An independent documentary-film about the way teachers are punished in NYC is in production.

Take a look at their website here. The trailer for the film can also be viewed here. An NPR radio broadcast on This American Life also covers the rubber-room, which you can listen to here (click on the icon to listen to the whole show, which is an hour long, episode # 350 "Human Resources", originally aired on 29 February, 2008, the part that discusses NYC teachers begins 7 minutes into the broadcast, and runs to about the thirtieth minute).

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