In this morning’s Post, I beat on about one of my favorite topics: the absurdity of running a school system based on seniority and tenure:

WHAT does it take to lose your job as a public- school teacher in America?

That’s a question worth asking as state education leaders bat around the idea of appointing a commission to study how school systems award tenure to New York teachers.

One way is to threaten to blow up your school, as a teacher in the Bronx did Friday, reportedly because he was upset about having been disciplined by his principal for assaulting a student.

Another is to be nominated for your state’s Teacher of the Year award — but have less seniority than some other teacher.

Yes, that’s what happened in Hampton, NH, earlier this month.

That’s right. Teacher of the Year nominee or no, you’ll be laid off by seniority. And the union will stand behind that decision.

[archive copy of this column here]