NYC pays ‘rubber room’ teacher $1.7M over 20 years after sex abuse claims

An entire career doing absolutely nothing. All on the taxpayer’s dime.

(From The New York Post)

“Nobody would think it makes sense that taxpayers should pay the salary for somebody who’s been sexually inappropriate with kids,” said Daniel Weisberg, a former DOE official and current CEO of The New Teacher Project, a nonprofit that promotes excellent teachers.

Jonathan Trebiano, a lawyer for parents in a lawsuit seeking reforms of the teacher-discipline system, called it a huge waste.