Absolutely agree. I was appalled when I saw the article about not being able to fire teachers and instead putting them into "rubber rooms": http://www.theblaze

Absolutely agree. I was appalled when I saw the article about not being able to fire teachers and instead putting them into "rubber rooms": http://www.theblaze.com/stories/disgraced-teacher-enjoys-well-paid-13th-year-in-rubber-room-after-sexually-molesting-6th-grade-student/ http://www.theblaze.com/stories/disgraced-teacher-enjoys-wel... http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/education/2008/05/04/2008-05-04_teachers_in_trouble_spending_years_in_ru.html http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/education/2008/05/04/200... And then you have really good teachers who wanted to teach for free but wasn't allowed to (they finally, wisely relented) because of some dumb technicality: http://articles.latimes.com/2009/nov/29/local/la-me-lopez29-2009nov29 http://articles.latimes.com/2009/nov/29/local/la-me-lopez29-... (p.s. yes, he was my middle school teacher, and he is an AWESOME teacher) The future of the education system is grim, and only by drastic measures can a difference be made. A question: I don't quite understand why the teachers seem to think that a layoff is better than a firing? Does it affect their tenure/experience, or something like that?