They have trouble with spelling, grammer and showing up to class on time - and we're not talking about the students.
The City of New York tried to expel 26 teachers from the classroom last year for gross incompetance - such as English teachers who couldn't write or speak the language properly.
But officials maintain that stingent union rules prohibited them from succeeding in just half those cases - even when hearing officers actually agreed with the principal's assessments.
That's because the city has to prove not only that the teachers can't do their jobs but also that they have no shot at ever improving. "What happens is every single thing is litigated or grieved or has had a fuss made about it," said Mayor Bloomberg, who, along with Governor Cuomo, has demanded statewide adoption of new teacher evaluations.
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