Controversy
At the beginning of the school year of 2008, more than 100 first-year Fellows did not have a job, more than any other year. The NYC Teaching Fellows canceled the mid-year cohort for the first time in response to so many Fellows not finding a job. By the time the original December 5 deadline for finding a job came around, a little less than 100 were still without jobs. The United Federation of Teachers filed a lawsuit against the Department of Education, maintaining that the Fellows without an official placement, many of whom were still teaching full course loads, should not be laid off. The court granted an injunction, suspending the December 5th firing date until February 2, at the end of the semester. It is not known how many Fellows did not have a job by the new deadline.
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