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Old 04-16-2010, 10:25 PM
 
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Yesterday Glenn Beck suggests getting rid of NY "rubber rooms"..

YouTube - Rubbing Out the Rubber Rooms#!

Today, NY announces rubber rooms will be cut..
New York to erase 'rubber rooms' for suspended teachers | World news | The Guardian
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Old 04-16-2010, 11:38 PM
 
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Yeah, I saw they were closing those. The teacher's union and the DOE had been in negotiations about these things for months.

(And just to clarify, I think Beck talked about these on his show the 14th and the announcement that a UFT/DOE agreement had been reached came on the 15th. While it's fun to think it was Beck's doing, it had been in the works for a while...)

I first heard about these things 2 years ago on This American Life. It was a bizarre little loophole, and did no one any good. Good riddance.
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Old 04-16-2010, 11:46 PM
 
Location: Southcentral Kansas
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Yeah, I saw they were closing those. The teacher's union and the DOE had been in negotiations about these things for months.

(And just to clarify, I think Beck talked about these on his show the 14th and the announcement that a UFT/DOE agreement had been reached came on the 15th. While it's fun to think it was Beck's doing, it had been in the works for a while...)

I first heard about these things 2 years ago on This American Life. It was a bizarre little loophole, and did no one any good. Good riddance.
You have to watch that Beck. He didn't spend a lot of time on Van Jones when Jones was kicked of the bus. I got a real kick out of this deal since I had heard about those places when you did and sure enough he made a lot of people aware of them that probably weren't before.

Probably he didn't have a lot to do with this outcome but much can happen in 24 hours.
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Old 04-17-2010, 01:17 AM
 
Location: California
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If they announced it today then it has nothing to do with anything someone said yesterday. Probably he knew it was coming and just scooped it..
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Old 04-17-2010, 01:38 AM
 
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I guess there will always be people who listen to Beck. It's like driving past a train wreck, you know it's tragic but you still wanna see.
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Old 04-17-2010, 01:45 AM
 
Location: Long Island (chief in S Farmingdale)
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Yesterday Glenn Beck suggests getting rid of NY "rubber rooms"..

YouTube - Rubbing Out the Rubber Rooms#!

Today, NY announces rubber rooms will be cut..
New York to erase 'rubber rooms' for suspended teachers | World news | The Guardian
To attribute Beck had something to do with ending the rubber rooms in NYC is the dumbest thing I have ever heard. This issue was first brought up a couple years ago and got more focus a few months back.
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Old 04-17-2010, 02:30 AM
 
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NY is getting rid of rubber rooms? Is that why I've suddenly seen teacher recruitment seminars for NYC public schools down here in Atlanta?
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