Can You Save Jobs Without More Students?
My NY Daily News editorial yesterday created some buzz at least (#2 most read and #4 most e-mailed in the opinion section, with a bullet), but the real question is whether New York City is immune from the forces already affecting large urban school districts across the country.
The numbers have been crunched, but the hard political work is still underway. In Miami, more than 500 positions are facing the knife, and that’s an improvement from last week’s predictions. Miami’s enrollment and hiring numbers are very similar to New York’s.
Detroit is floating a 1,400-teacher layoff to reduce a projected $408 million budget deficit for fiscal year 2009. The city has seen a 41% drop in enrollment in the last 10 years. The union is planning a rally against the cuts.
