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Beneath the thousands of teacher layoffs are stories of uncertain futures for Inland families
- 07-28-2010
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By Dayna Straehley/Riverside Press-Enterprise
The Inland area's laid-off teachers are cutting their household budgets and learning to tell their children no. They have turned off their air conditioners and no longer can buy the things they used to take for granted. They are looking for jobs, even though Inland districts have cut hundreds of positions. Public education in California has received $17 billion less in state funding than anticipated over the last two budget years. (more...)
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