This American Life did an excellent piece of "Rubber Rooms" (mentioned in this blog post). It's quite an eye opener to the sorry state of the NYC public educati

This American Life did an excellent piece of "Rubber Rooms" (mentioned in this blog post). It's quite an eye opener to the sorry state of the NYC public education system: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?sched=1286 http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?sched=128... (see act one) Let me also qualify this by saying I have the utmost respect for educators there. I have a close friend that teaches 4th grade in Harlem--some of her stories are pretty unbelievable.