Rubber Rooms New York

"Rubber Room", Station For Ousted Teachers, Now Closed

nytimes.com | JENNIFER MEDINA | Posted 05.25.2011

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There were the hugs goodbye, the exchanges of phone numbers and the almost sure to be broken promises of keeping in touch. They packed up their bags o...

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Closing the Rubber Rooms

Michael Mulgrew | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Mulgrew

In a groundbreaking agreement between the United Federation of Teachers and the Department of Education, we have agreed to shut New York city's rubber rooms down.

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City & Teachers' Union Decide To Stop Paying Teachers In "Rubber Rooms"

AP | KAREN MATTHEWS | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — The city will end the practice of paying teachers to play Scrabble, read or surf the Internet in reassignment centers nicknamed "rubb...

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