Recession Woes Cast Pall as Schools Open
Budget cuts reverberate from books to bus routes, and more may lie ahead.
As public schools around the country begin opening their doors for a new academic year, the impact of the worst recession in decades is being felt through such measures as larger class sizes, cuts of jobs and textbook budgets, reduced school bus service, and fewer resources for state education departments.
In California, which has been hit especially hard and recently took steps to close a $26 billion budget gap, thousands of teachers have been laid off for the new school year, and the state has postponed the adoption of new textbooks until at least the 2013-14 academic year.
Delaware and Georgia are cutting teacher pay through unpaid furlough days. The state education department in North Carolina plans to eliminate 100 of the agency’s 475 positions over...
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