A Couple of Interesting Articles

One of the more interesting stories in teachers unions right now is that of the Rubber Rooms in New York City. In New York if you're accused of impropriety in the classroom you're sent to a holding facility where, for the duration of the investigation, you sit and wait for your case to be figured out.

Some teachers have been waiting for two years or more. They collect a salary the entire time. Hundreds of teachers are sitting in these rooms right now. You can read about it in the New York Village Voice, here.

Also from the east coast, at Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda, Maryland they've gone from "leaves of grass" to kicking ass over comments students are making about each other on Facebook. This month's NEA Today magazine has an article on cyberbullying that's full of resources; if this is something that you've had to address, it's a great read.

--Ryan--