If you hear me use the phrase “rubber room,” I’m referring to this New Yorker article, an oldie but goodie (August 31, 2009) about teachers being paid not to teach:
More than that, publicly educated children will continue to live in an alternate universe of reserve-list teachers being paid for doing nothing, Rubber Roomers writing mission statements, union reps refereeing teacher-feedback sessions, competence “hearings” that are longer than capital-murder trials, and student-performance data that are quarantined like a virus.
Years later, still shocking.
