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US education chief warns 300K teacher jobs could be lost
- 05-19-2010
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By David Abel/Boston Globe
US Education Secretary Arne Duncan warned today that as many as 300,000 teachers nationwide could lose their jobs this year, including 4,000 teachers in Massachusetts, if Congress doesn’t provide additional money to aid struggling states and municipalities. Duncan, the keynote speaker at Lesley University’s commencement ceremony at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, said he and President Obama are “deeply concerned” about the potential job losses and cited the recent layoffs of 480 teachers in Brockton – more than one-third of the district’s teaching staff – as an example of what could happen elsewhere in the country. “If Congress does not take swift action now, millions of children will experience cutbacks through increased class size, reductions in class time, cuts to early childhood programs, and reduced course offerings, extracurricular activities, and summer school,” he said. (more...)
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