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I'm not sure the points you've raised demonstrate that there are many New York teachers that should be fired that have not been. The link from the74million.com

I'm not sure the points you've raised demonstrate that there are many New York teachers that should be fired that have not been. The link from the74million.com focuses more on teachers that were successfully let go. New York city is also one of the most expensive states to live in so any financial comparison would need to be relative to cost of living. Which is besides the point that perhaps teachers should be remunerated well.

CryptoPunk 5y ago
>>I'm not sure the points you've raised demonstrate that there are many New York teachers that should be fired that have not been. Only 75 public school teachers were fired in all of New York between 2015 and 2016, over a span of 16 months in total, coming to a rate of 56 teachers fired per year, for a work force of ~75,000 teachers. Now unless only super humans apply for teaching positions in New York, that points to an extreme lack of accountability for New York teachers. In the real world, many people get hired for jobs they are not well suited for, or are not prepared to commit themselves to enough to do the job competently, and shortly thereafter, are let go. >>New York city is also one of the most expensive states to live in so any financial comparison would need to be relative to cost of living. Median income in New York is $67,000, and that's dragged up by the very high median income of the large bloc of public sector workers. So the public sector workers are the elite, even in relation to other New York residents. What's troubling is that the entire media is unionized too, so they share a common interest with the public sector unions in perpetrating the ideological narratives that keep unions in power.
- harimau777 5y ago
  New York City is dramatically different than New York as a whole. I'm not an expert in economics, but I imagine that would distort things.
  - CryptoPunk 5y ago
    With respect to the median income, I was referring to New York City, not New York the state. Median household income is ~$64,000 in New York City: https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/newyorkcitynewyork/PST040219 https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/newyorkcitynewy...

CryptoPunk 5y ago

>>I'm not sure the points you've raised demonstrate that there are many New York teachers that should be fired that have not been. Only 75 public school teachers were fired in all of New York between 2015 and 2016, over a span of 16 months in total, coming to a rate of 56 teachers fired per year, for a work force of ~75,000 teachers. Now unless only super humans apply for teaching positions in New York, that points to an extreme lack of accountability for New York teachers. In the real world, many people get hired for jobs they are not well suited for, or are not prepared to commit themselves to enough to do the job competently, and shortly thereafter, are let go. >>New York city is also one of the most expensive states to live in so any financial comparison would need to be relative to cost of living. Median income in New York is $67,000, and that's dragged up by the very high median income of the large bloc of public sector workers. So the public sector workers are the elite, even in relation to other New York residents. What's troubling is that the entire media is unionized too, so they share a common interest with the public sector unions in perpetrating the ideological narratives that keep unions in power.

harimau777 5y ago
New York City is dramatically different than New York as a whole. I'm not an expert in economics, but I imagine that would distort things.
- CryptoPunk 5y ago
  With respect to the median income, I was referring to New York City, not New York the state. Median household income is ~$64,000 in New York City: https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/newyorkcitynewyork/PST040219 https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/newyorkcitynewy...