It's throwdown time in New York again. Elizabeth Green has the goods along with Jennifer Medina at The Times. Primary source you must read: The long rumored The New Teacher Project report (pdf) on excessed teachers (meaning those that no school wants to hire who are in what is formally referred to as the "Absent Teacher Reserve" pool) is now on the street. The big takeaway is that this is, right now, about a $40 million annual problem. And even in Gotham that's a lot of clams.This is the...