Former NY Schools Chancellor Slams Tenure
The New York Post reports:
It's easier to execute a killer than fire an incompetent teacher, former schools Chancellor Joel Klein said yesterday in an explosive interview.
"Five to 10 percent are not remotely capable," Klein said about educators in a sit-down with the Sunday Times of London. "It's easier to prosecute a capital-punishment case in the US than terminate an incompetent teacher."
Being an ocean away certainly loosened the lips of Klein, who made his strongest comments since stepping down in November.
Klein, who helmed city schools for eight years, boasted he had streamlined legal procedures to make it easier to fire teachers and end the "dance of the lemons" -- the shuffling of bad teachers from school to school.
