Common Good, a bipartisan organization dedicated to "restoring common sense to American law," has compiled some facts about the burden of law on New York City public schools.
(Warning: You might want to place a Xanax under your tongue before reading further.)
Here, for example, is the process you must follow if you are a principal who wants to fire an inept teacher. (PDF version.)
Even more frightening: here are the hoops that you have to jump through in order to suspend (not expel, just suspend) a disruptive student. (PDF version.)
(Related: Today's New York Daily News runs an editorial urging Mayor Bloomberg and teacher's union president Randi Weingarten to work together to streamline the process for ridding the system of incompetent teachers.)
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