During the discussions leading up to the adoption of the 2005 UFT contract (lots of money in return for horrendous givebacks), I asked the following question on EdWize:
Three off-topic questions that haven’t been answered elsewhere.
2. Under the new transfer system, what keeps a principal from rejecting all UFT applicants and hiring off the street? Imaging, if you will, that the principal’s neighbor’s kid just graduated from Teachers College…
Or remember Diana Lam’s husband? Will that sort of story become legal, and routine?
Just found it by accident, and noticed that no one ever tried to answer. Of course, reality was worse than my imagination.
I thought the lack of union control would lead to rampant nepotism. In fact, it led to widespread discrimination against senior teachers.
