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Wednesday, April 14, 2010

The Rubber Room Movie: Education's Once Dirty Little Secret Now In Spotlight On "Morning Joe" - THE DAILY RIFF - Be Smarter. About Education.

The Rubber Room Movie: Education's Once Dirty Little Secret Now In Spotlight On "Morning Joe" - THE DAILY RIFF - Be Smarter. About Education.
MSNBC's Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski Continue Their Education Coverage
With Interviews Of Producers Of "The Rubber Room" Movie

See Video of Interview & Movie Trailer Below


For those unfamiliar with Rubber Rooms, these are essentially buildings that are "holding tanks" for teachers charged with incompetency or other infractions. As specified by union contracts, New York spends millions per year on these rubber rooms with hundreds of teachers being "paid and held" months and even years until resolution.


The New Yorker did a controversial piece by Steven Brill here in 2009.
Link to The Rubber Room movie website with background info here.