Mayor ratchets up his criticism of tenure as McCarthy-era relic
Mayor Bloomberg escalated his critique of teacher tenure on his weekly radio show this morning, calling tenure outdated and questioning whether it should even exist.
Bloomberg was discussing the latest tenure data, which was released Wednesday and showed an all-time high number of teachers whose probation were extended rather than receiving tenure. He said he’d continue to comply with the laws that required him to award tenure, but wouldn’t like it.
“The state law has tenure, whether you like it or not. We have to work with that,” Bloomberg said. ”It may have
