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Thursday, February 6, 2014

NYC Educator: The ATRs Are Coming!

NYC Educator: The ATRs Are Coming!:



The ATRs Are Coming!

The Daily News has a piece about Absent Reserve Teachers, and oh no, new chancellor Carmen Fariña is actually thinking of putting them to work! The headline itself trumpets they are "considered undesirable by principals."

The article suggests this move could save the city $100 million a year, but that's not remotely its main thrust.

...half have disciplinary histories or unsatisfactory ratings, sources said.

Who am I to question that? After all, sources said it. Nonetheless, that also means that halfdon't have disciplinary histories or unsatisfactory ratings. So there are 50% of your ATR teachers that, if the article is to be believed, could be placed immediately with a $50 million savings for New York City. Let's take a look at those other scary teachers:

25% committed wrongdoing, 25% received an “unsatisfactory” rating, 40% worked in schools that closed or downsized and 10% teach subjects that are no longer offered in schools.

Wow. I'm concerned about those 10% of teachers. Perish forbid someone with a nursing license should teach biology, or someone with a reading license should teach English. Those subjects are totally unrelated, and everyone knows that no teacher in New York City teaches out of license,