In the United State's largest school system teachers are being paid (full salary) to sit around and play scrabble, practice yoga, and fight over chairs while they await their disciplinary hearings and/or dismissal from their job.

Read about NYC's "Rubber Room" from the Associated Press/Yahoo!

Listen to This American Life's story about the "Rubber Room"

The Rubber Room Movie, a documentary



Links:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090622/ap_on_re_us/us_rubber_rooms;_ylt=ApDYXQhrTCTBdS4yYCfsNJiCfNdF

http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?episode=350

http://www.rubberroommovie.com/