Apartheid. USA 1988

November 25, 1987:

The procedures for hiring teachers for New York City's public schools are so archaic and bureaucratic, reported the Times, that only a handful of new teachers started in the class-room last year fully licensed. According to a report by the Educational Priorities Panel, New York City was one of the slowest school districts in the nation hiring teachers. Teachers often have to wait up to five years for a test to be given by the Board of Examiners in certain subjects. Without a license from the Board a teacher has no job security

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and receives less pay and benefits. ‘It is very hard to attract the best teachers,’ said the report, without offering them more than a chance of permanent employment. Understandably, prospective teachers are alienated by New York City's arduous application process.’^176.

176. The New York Times, from a report by Jane Perlez