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Thursday, May 21, 2020

States of Shock: the Coming Budget Calamity – Have You Heard

States of Shock: the Coming Budget Calamity – Have You Heard

States of Shock: the Coming Budget Calamity


A looming budget calamity worse than the Great Recession could mean mass teacher layoffs and deep cuts to school spending. In our latest episode Have You Heard previews the bleak budget forecast, how to avert it, and why the GOP seems to want states to go broke. Experts Bruce Baker, Sarah Reckhow and Jesse Rothstein weigh in, and, in a sign of what’s to come, we meet a teacher whose alternative school is going online and for-profit next year. Full transcript of the episode is here. And if you enjoy Have You Heard, please consider supporting us on Patreon.






States of Shock: the Coming Budget Calamity – Have You Heard