Reply #12: Bringing in TFA? Adding to the insult.

[madfloridian]

http://failingschools.wordpress.com/2011/05/27/speaking-of-nyc-layoffs/

"Even as the threat of thousands of teacher layoffs looms, the city is preparing to hire 500 new ones for next fall, officials said.

Critics wonder why the city has accepted the new recruits - 400 from New York City Teaching Fellows and 100 from Teach for America - to work in shortage areas like special education instead of retraining teachers on the payroll.

"It's mind-boggling that they're hiring when I may lose my job," said Marquis Harrison, 25, who started in the city schools with Teach for America nearly three years ago."

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2011/05/19/2011-05-19_amid_threat_of_layoffs_city_is____recruiting_500_new_teachers.html#ixzz1NrEM0CRX