LIFO, FIFO, GIGO

 "Stained glass"

1. Acronyms
We can use www.acronymfinder.com to translate some nerd-speak:

• LIFO - "last in, first out"
• FIFO - first in, first out
• GIGO - "garbage in, garbage out"

Well, education is borrowing the term LIFO to describe how layoffs happen in public education: younger teachers (last in/hired) are fired before older teachers (first out/fired). So, that's "Last In (hired), First Out (fired).

Michelle Rhee points out the folly of this.

CNN - End 'last in, first out' teacher layoffs

Can you imagine running a company, and during a recession or some kind of adversity, you were required to layoff all your newer, younger employees, regardless of their performance or talents, and you were required to keep all your older employees, again regardless...

QOTD

"The bottom line is layoffs should be based on teacher performance and effectiveness, not seniority"
- Michelle Rhee

That's my duh QOTD.
yow, bill