Educators busted for ethnic jokes

These jokes landed with a thud - and a slap on the wrist for the school staffers who told them.

One assistant principal told "yo mama" jokes, a teacher called rowdy students the "Taliban" and another educator tried to pass a racial slur off as humor, Department of Education investigative reports show.

Queens Junior High School 8 teacher David Butler admitted to investigators he tried to shush a class by saying "Be quiet, you Taliban" and "Stop talking, you border jumpers," the report shows.

He meant it "playfully," he told investigators, and didn't direct it at anyone in particular group because the class included students of "various nationalities," the report said.