New York City comptroller rejects $21 million contract to recruit teachers

From The New York Times: The New York City comptroller has rejected a $21 million contract to train and recruit teachers over the next five years, a move the city says jeopardizes a popular program that attracted teachers from nontraditional backgrounds. The comptroller, John C. Liu, denied the contract for the New York City Teaching Fellows program on technical grounds, but said that it was wrong to use taxpayer money to train new teachers at a time when the city was warning of widespread layoffs.