Layoff Notices Continue For Teachers In US, Educationcrossing Finds 9,000 Jobs In Teaching Jobs.

April 6, 2011 - PRLog -- Pasadena, CA, April 6, 2011 – Layoff notices have continued throughout the nation for school teachers as districts struggle to cope with smaller budgets.

In March, the Los Angeles school district send out layoff notices to around 7,300 employees. This included not just teachers but other support staff in schools too.

Princeton School District in Glendale, Ohio has announced that it is eliminating 104 positions for the next school year. This includes 68 teachers.

In Indiana, Indianapolis Public Schools, the state’s largest, will layoff 271 teachers. This includes 200 elementary teachers, 40 middle and high school teachers and 21 special education instructors. Most of the teachers have less than five years of teaching experience. The Cleveland school board voted on Tuesday to layoff 643 teachers. The layoffs could go up to 900 employees in May, when other non-teaching staff is also laid off.

EducationCrossing CEO A. Harrison Barnes thinks teaching jobs in public schools are not the safe lifetime jobs anywhere in the country anymore. “But private schools are always hiring, as are public school districts in affluent areas. These are districts that are relatively unaffected by budget cuts.” EducationCrossing is a job aggregator site and has been able to find 9,000 teaching jobs.

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