Written by Phyllis Murray, BX, NY UFT Chapter Leader
Article submitted by Sis. Iman Hameen, former UFT Chapter Leader and
veteran educator, with her permission.
Why is the age old tradition of “Last Hired, First Fired” being challenged today? It is ironic that at this juncture, the jobs saved by
offering a new set of rules will not be the jobs of minority teachers. For the
first time in the history of the New York City Board of Education, the jobs
saved will be those of the corps of newly hired who are in the majoritry.
Sam Anderson states the following: “The Bloomberg-Klein approach to teacher recruitment is to hire “far and white.” That is, go outside of New York
City and emphasize recruiting white teachers over Black/Latino teachers. They
have spent tens of millions of dollars making teaching in NYC schools a
palatable and hip thing for white folks to do.
Anderson continues: “We know this to be the case by just looking at the stats of new hires during Bloomberg’s reign: from 61% up to 65% for white new
hires while Black new hires went from 20.1% down to 14.1%.. Today’s DOE new
hires are more skewed towards white teachers than 10 years ago! This is clearly
a reflection of the mindset of the top DOE officials who surround themselves in
Tweed with white professionals and Black & Latino supportive staff (from
security to low-mid level administrative staff). In addition, this high level
staff is dominated by non-educators… from Klein on down to the mid-level
corporate-like structures overseeing the actual nuts and bolts of the schooling
process.”
Let’s revisit the data on teacher employment.
Ethnicity of New Hires* by School Year: 1990-91 through 2005-06
School Year: Ethnicity
Amer. Indian Asian Black Hisp White Unknown
1990-91 0.3% 3.2% 16.0% 11.9% 49.5% 19.1%
1991-92 0.1% 3.2% 16.0% 15.3% 58.4% 6.9%
1992-93 0.3% 2.9% 17.9% 15.1% 59.6% 4.2%
1993-94 0.4% 3.1% 18.4% 13.9% 59.6% 4.5%
1994-95 0.3% 3.2% 23.4% 18.4% 53.9% 0.8%
1995-96 0.3% 3.1% 22.9% 18.4% 54.1% 1.3%
1996-97 0.3% 3.4% 19.0% 14.4% 60.3% 2.6%
1997-98 0.4% 3.8% 20.1% 15.3% 56.7% 3.7%
1998-99 0.2% 3.8% 22.1% 15.2% 57.5% 1.1%
1999-00 0.2% 4.4% 24.8% 16.4% 53.8% 0.5%
2000-01 0.2% 4.2% 25.5% 16.3% 53.3% 0.4%
2001-02 0.2% 4.9% 27.2% 14.3% 53.3% 0.2%
2002-03 0.2% 5.6% 20.1% 12.7% 61.1% 0.3%
2003-04 0.2% 7.2% 16.7% 10.6% 65.0% 0.3%
2004-05 0.2% 8.3% 16.0% 11.1% 63.3% 1.2%
2005-06 0.3% 7.2% 14.5% 11.7% 65.0% 1.3%
2006-07* 0.3% 6.1% 14.1% 11.7% 65.5% 2.3%
School Year: Ethnicity
Amer. Indian Asian Black Hisp White Unknown
1990-91 0.3% 3.2% 16.0% 11.9% 49.5% 19.1%
1991-92 0.1% 3.2% 16.0% 15.3% 58.4% 6.9%
1992-93 0.3% 2.9% 17.9% 15.1% 59.6% 4.2%
1993-94 0.4% 3.1% 18.4% 13.9% 59.6% 4.5%
1994-95 0.3% 3.2% 23.4% 18.4% 53.9% 0.8%
1995-96 0.3% 3.1% 22.9% 18.4% 54.1% 1.3%
1996-97 0.3% 3.4% 19.0% 14.4% 60.3% 2.6%
1997-98 0.4% 3.8% 20.1% 15.3% 56.7% 3.7%
1998-99 0.2% 3.8% 22.1% 15.2% 57.5% 1.1%
1999-00 0.2% 4.4% 24.8% 16.4% 53.8% 0.5%
2000-01 0.2% 4.2% 25.5% 16.3% 53.3% 0.4%
2001-02 0.2% 4.9% 27.2% 14.3% 53.3% 0.2%
2002-03 0.2% 5.6% 20.1% 12.7% 61.1% 0.3%
2003-04 0.2% 7.2% 16.7% 10.6% 65.0% 0.3%
2004-05 0.2% 8.3% 16.0% 11.1% 63.3% 1.2%
2005-06 0.3% 7.2% 14.5% 11.7% 65.0% 1.3%
2006-07* 0.3% 6.1% 14.1% 11.7% 65.5% 2.3%
*New Hires includes teachers who were hired between 8/25 through 10/31 of each year. ** Data on the 2006-07 New Hires is current as of 8.22.2006
And if the business cycle continues to weaken in a recession we can look for ward to more opportunities for injustices as everyone looks out for their
own kind . Yes Ron Isaac, ” patronage, nepotism, blackmail and other forms of
exploitation,” can become the rule of the day.
This is a sad day for education.
This is a sad day for education.
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