Schools of thought on looming teacher layoffs
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Schools across the country are facing the worst layoffs in half a century. As many as 300,000 school employees are in danger of losing their jobs. If that happens, class sizes will explode and educational opportunities will decline drastically for millions of children. Education will become a "risky" career choice for a generation of potential teachers.
Communities are facing this emergency through no fault of their own. The collapse of the financial system devastated all economic sectors, leaving state and local governments in a huge budget crisis that's just reaching its peak despite the improving economy.
We have two choices: We can sit, frozen in the ice of our own indifference, as Franklin Roosevelt once said, or we can take action to save these jobs.
By arguing that we should "Fail this jobs bill," as the headline on a May 28 editorial put it, The Post has
We have two choices: We can sit, frozen in the ice of our own indifference, as Franklin Roosevelt once said, or we can take action to save these jobs.
By arguing that we should "Fail this jobs bill," as the headline on a May 28 editorial put it, The Post has