Celebrities Rally For Pennsylvania Schools
Thu May 31, 2012 12:19 PM EDT
As Ed has noted over and over again, the governor of Pennsylvania is making draconian cuts to the public school system, and this is the type of headline you're going to keep seeing out of Pennsylvania.
The latest headlines out of Pennsylvania are not good. As @DianeRavitch noted on twitter this morning, the Pittsburgh Post Gazette is reporting that today 285 teachers were sent furlough notices. It's going to get ugly there.
Pittsburgh Public Schools today is sending out 285 provisional furlough notices to teachers and other professionals, a prelude to what is expected to be the largest number of teacher layoffs in the district's history.Teachers and other professionals represented by the Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers this afternoon will receive notices in their email. In addition, notices were sent by mail on Tuesday.
As Ed has noted over and over again, the governor of Pennsylvania is making draconian cuts to the public school system, and this is the type of headline you're going to keep seeing out of Pennsylvania.
Back in the eastern part of the state, they're feeling the crunch too. And as the Washington
