Showing posts with label Richard Condon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Richard Condon. Show all posts

Sunday, March 22, 2009

NY Post Scores a 1 in Math

Pop quiz: What is wrong with this chart from the Post showing that the number of teachers who 'misbehave' has risen over the last year?

Extra credit: What is the actual percentage of the total population of teachers who had charges substantiated against them? Hint: there are 80,000 teachers in NYC public schools.

UPDATE: The Post has fixed their error after I made a comment on their 'blog' page. There has been no retraction of the slur that almost 3000 teachers had substantiated charges of wrongdoing against them.