Worst system ever: No one buys firing by seniority

The United Federation of Teachers maintains that laying off teachers according to seniority is the only "fair" way to accommodate New York City budget cuts. Fair for whom? It's certainly not fair to students, who lose the opportunity to learn from great young teachers. And seniority-based layoffs are particularly detrimental in New York City, which has invested heavily in recent years in hiring a corps of highly able young teachers. But the simple fact is that "Last in, first out" is just about the worst of all of the bad alternatives for reducing the teaching staff. No one honestly believes...