Friday, June 27, 2003

Klein Rejects Most Requests From Teachers for Sabbaticals. Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein infuriated hundreds of veteran teachers by denying the vast majority of applications for yearlong sabbaticals. By David M. Herszenhorn. [New York Times: Education] Rather than simply deny the teachers their sabbaticals, especially when the policy up until this year has been pretty much to automatically grant them; issue a plea to the teachers stay, and offer some sort of incentive---a bonus, a promised future sabbatical at a higher rate thatn the usual, a grant to be spent in the classroom.... This would cost the district less and spare them the aftershock of having betrayed so many employees. 10:09:09 AM    comment []