Claim: Out of 150,000 tenured teachers in the last 10 years, only 17 have been dismissed for incompetence.
Fact-check: Gov. Chris Christie claims only 17 of 150,000 tenured New Jersey teachers have been dismissed for incompetence in the past 10 years
Verdict: mostly-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Bill Wichert
Date published: 2011-06-10T00:00:00