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From: razvlekatsa zabavlatsa on 24 Apr 2010 23:30
Layoff Notices Sent to Thousands of US Teachers

By Andrea Peters

Global Research, April 23, 2010
World Socialist Web Site - 2010-04-22

Hundreds of thousands of public school teachers across the United
States are facing possible layoffs this coming academic year.

Confronting massive budget deficits, school districts throughout the
country have been sending out notices (�pink slips�) to employees this
spring, warning them that they are unlikely to have a job in the fall.
The bloodletting is worst in California, Illinois, New York, Michigan,
and New Jersey, but nearly every region in the country is affected.

Pink slips were sent out to 22,000 teachers in California, 17,000 in
Illinois, and 15,000 in New York. The jobs of 8,000 school employees
in Michigan, 6,000 in New Jersey, and 5,000 in Oklahoma may also be
axed.

These numbers are expected to increase in coming months. Officials in
Illinois report that as many as 20,000 educators could lose their jobs
in the state. In California, an additional 4,000 people may be put on
notice.

US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan stated earlier this week that
between 100,000 to 300,000 public education positions in the US are in
danger. A study conducted by the American Association of School
Administrators found that ninety percent of the nation�s school
superintendents plan to cut jobs in the fall. This represents an
increase of about 30 percent over the previous year.

The mass layoffs have the Obama administration�s stamp of approval.

On March 1, Obama publicly supported the firing of the entire faculty
and staff at Central Falls High School in Rhode Island. He hailed the
action as an example of what should be done at schools around the
country in order to hold educators �accountable� for so-called �poor
performance.� In doing so, Obama gave a green light to a nationwide
attack on teachers.

The Obama administration has also tied meager federal funds to the
implementation of such measures, as well as the expansion of charter
schools. The crisis facing school districts in the coming school year
is exacerbated by the fact that most states have used up whatever
portion of the $100 billion in federal stimulus money they received
from Washington in 2009.

Democratic Senator Tom Harkin has proposed a paltry $23 billion
education bailout. The allocation of such a sum, which is only $6
billion more than the cuts made to public education in California in
the past two years alone, would be inadequate to rescue the public
school system in the US.

In any case, the Iowa congressman�s proposed legislation is largely
for show. As the New York Times observed in an April 21 article,
�Senior Democratic aides said that because Mr. Harkin�s would add to
the deficit, it was unlikely to pass.�

Major metropolitan areas are being particularly hard hit by teacher
layoffs. Detroit has warned 2,000 educators�40 percent of its total
teaching staff�they might be out of a job come September. News of the
pink slips follows an announcement that the city plans to permanently
close 41 schools in June and another 13 within the next two years.

In Los Angeles, which has gutted its education budget by $1 billion in
the past year alone, 5,200 school employees received pink slips last
month. Since then, two thousand positions have purportedly been saved
in a deal worked out with the unions that offsets job cuts with a
reduction in the school year by five days, and a corresponding
reduction in pay. However, with the city facing a further $600 million
in education cuts this coming year, more job cuts are possible.

Chicago�s public school system intends to lay off 3,200 teachers and
an additional 880 school employees. In nearby Elgin, Illinois, which
is the second largest school district in the state, 1,079 employees
received pink slips.

The same devastating scenario is taking place in large and small
communities around the country. The public school system in Cleveland,
Ohio, announced 775 layoffs, including 650 teachers. In Flint,
Michigan, where there is a $15-20 million shortfall in the education
budget, 261 teachers will lose their jobs in June. In the Washington,
DC, area, Prince George�s County plans to eliminate 800 positions. In
Flagstaff, Arizona, 500 employees had been sent pink slips�including
administrators, every counselor and librarian, as well as all art,
music, and physical education teachers.

The list goes on and on. All of this refutes official claims of an
economic recovery. Tax revenues, which are used by states to finance
public education, continue to stagnate or decline.

Mass layoffs are only one aspect of the crisis. A survey conducted by
the American Association of School Administrators found that 62
percent of the nation�s school districts intend to increase class
sizes, 34 percent are considering the elimination of summer school,
and 13 percent�up from 2 percent last year�may impose a four-day
school week. In addition, school buildings are being shuttered, bus
service reduced or cancelled, and educational and extracurricular
programs ended.

As big business politicians use the fiscal catastrophe in states to
dismantle public education, there is a coordinated attempt, aided by
the trade unions, to pit different sections of the working class
against each another to prevent a unified opposition.

In California, Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is backing
legislation that would allow teacher layoffs regardless of seniority.
Schwarzenegger, who oversaw the implementation of $17 billion in
public education cuts, is attempting to posture as a defender of
hardworking junior teachers. They are usually the first to get sacked
when layoffs occur. He is joined by numerous Democrats, including Los
Angeles State Senator Gloria Romero, chair of the Senate Education
Committee.

The aim of the bill in the California Legislature is not to protect
the state�s best teachers, but rather to save millions of dollars by
targeting the jobs of better-paid, more senior teachers and replacing
them with younger, lower paid employees. The legislation is designed
to divert widespread popular anger over mass layoffs into hostility
towards supposedly �burnt out� older teachers, and to sow divisions
among teachers themselves. The unions in California, which are
opposing the legislation, contribute to these divisions by refusing to
wage a defense of the jobs of all teachers, regardless of seniority.

In areas across the country, there are efforts to pass laws that would
increase sales and other taxes in order to shore up state revenues. At
a rally in Illinois on Wednesday, at which thousands demonstrated in
opposition to education cuts, the main demand advanced by the public
employee unions was to raise the state income tax from 3 to 4 percent.
Such a measure would force working people who are losing their jobs
and homes to pay for the economic crisis, while having no significant
impact on the wealth of the rich.

Teachers unions throughout the country have accepted the premise that
cuts are necessary. Their primary aim has been to demand that they be
given a seat at the table in determining how cuts will be implemented.

At times the unions advocate wage reductions or freezes in exchange
for jobs, as was done recently in Los Angeles. These concessions will,
however, fail to resolve the fiscal crises facing school districts,
and the government will come back for more. The unions will then work
to convince their membership to make more sacrifices. By proving their
usefulness in imposing the assault on public education, the union
bureaucracy seeks to ensure that no matter how many jobs are lost, its
positions will remain.

The mass layoff of teachers and school employees underscores the
urgent necessity for workers to build rank-and-file organizations
independent of the unions. The attack on teachers is part of the
attack on public education as a whole, and a powerful appeal should be
made to the entire working class to wage a common struggle. Teachers
should prepare for a nationwide strike to oppose all layoffs, wage and
benefit cuts, school closings, and cuts in programs.

Any opposition immediately confronts the fact that teachers face a
coordinated campaign by the entire corporate-controlled political
establishment. While millions of teachers voted for Obama in the hopes
that he would change the policies of the Bush administration, they are
now discovering that the Democratic president is their most bitter
enemy.

The policies of Obama correspond to the interests of the financial
elite that he represents. After handing over trillions of dollars to
Wall Street, the government is now insisting that there is �no money�
for education and other social programs. Wall Street investors, whose
relationship to the rest of society is essentially parasitic, are
pulling in record pay, while teachers, who perform one of the most
important functions, are being forced to sacrifice.

A defense of public education therefore requires a transformation of
the structure of American and world society. Capitalism�a society
dedicated to the principle of private profit and individual wealth of
a tiny layer�must be replaced with socialism�the democratic and
rational control of production in the interest of social need.
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From: Ala on 25 Apr 2010 09:12

"razvlekatsa zabavlatsa" <net(a)net.net> wrote in message
news:9md7t5tmfsbpjiq89np3ul6jl0utfd42p6(a)4ax.com...
> Layoff Notices Sent to Thousands of US Teachers
>
> By Andrea Peters
>
> Global Research, April 23, 2010
> World Socialist Web Site - 2010-04-22
>
> Hundreds of thousands of public school teachers across the United
> States are facing possible layoffs this coming academic year.
>
> Confronting massive budget deficits, school districts throughout the
> country have been sending out notices ("pink slips") to employees this
> spring, warning them that they are unlikely to have a job in the fall.
> The bloodletting is worst in California, Illinois, New York, Michigan,
> and New Jersey, but nearly every region in the country is affected.
>
> Pink slips were sent out to 22,000 teachers in California, 17,000 in
> Illinois, and 15,000 in New York. The jobs of 8,000 school employees
> in Michigan, 6,000 in New Jersey, and 5,000 in Oklahoma may also be
> axed.
>
> These numbers are expected to increase in coming months. Officials in
> Illinois report that as many as 20,000 educators could lose their jobs
> in the state. In California, an additional 4,000 people may be put on
> notice.
>
> US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan stated earlier this week that
> between 100,000 to 300,000 public education positions in the US are in
> danger. A study conducted by the American Association of School
> Administrators found that ninety percent of the nation's school
> superintendents plan to cut jobs in the fall. This represents an
> increase of about 30 percent over the previous year.
>
> The mass layoffs have the Obama administration's stamp of approval.
>
> On March 1, Obama publicly supported the firing of the entire faculty
> and staff at Central Falls High School in Rhode Island. He hailed the
> action as an example of what should be done at schools around the
> country in order to hold educators "accountable" for so-called "poor
> performance." In doing so, Obama gave a green light to a nationwide
> attack on teachers.
>
> The Obama administration has also tied meager federal funds to the
> implementation of such measures, as well as the expansion of charter
> schools. The crisis facing school districts in the coming school year
> is exacerbated by the fact that most states have used up whatever
> portion of the $100 billion in federal stimulus money they received
> from Washington in 2009.
>
> Democratic Senator Tom Harkin has proposed a paltry $23 billion
> education bailout. The allocation of such a sum, which is only $6
> billion more than the cuts made to public education in California in
> the past two years alone, would be inadequate to rescue the public
> school system in the US.
>
> In any case, the Iowa congressman's proposed legislation is largely
> for show. As the New York Times observed in an April 21 article,
> "Senior Democratic aides said that because Mr. Harkin's would add to
> the deficit, it was unlikely to pass."
>
> Major metropolitan areas are being particularly hard hit by teacher
> layoffs. Detroit has warned 2,000 educators-40 percent of its total
> teaching staff-they might be out of a job come September. News of the
> pink slips follows an announcement that the city plans to permanently
> close 41 schools in June and another 13 within the next two years.
>
> In Los Angeles, which has gutted its education budget by $1 billion in
> the past year alone, 5,200 school employees received pink slips last
> month. Since then, two thousand positions have purportedly been saved
> in a deal worked out with the unions that offsets job cuts with a
> reduction in the school year by five days, and a corresponding
> reduction in pay. However, with the city facing a further $600 million
> in education cuts this coming year, more job cuts are possible.
>
> Chicago's public school system intends to lay off 3,200 teachers and
> an additional 880 school employees. In nearby Elgin, Illinois, which
> is the second largest school district in the state, 1,079 employees
> received pink slips.
>
> The same devastating scenario is taking place in large and small
> communities around the country. The public school system in Cleveland,
> Ohio, announced 775 layoffs, including 650 teachers. In Flint,
> Michigan, where there is a $15-20 million shortfall in the education
> budget, 261 teachers will lose their jobs in June. In the Washington,
> DC, area, Prince George's County plans to eliminate 800 positions. In
> Flagstaff, Arizona, 500 employees had been sent pink slips-including
> administrators, every counselor and librarian, as well as all art,
> music, and physical education teachers.
>
> The list goes on and on. All of this refutes official claims of an
> economic recovery. Tax revenues, which are used by states to finance
> public education, continue to stagnate or decline.
>
> Mass layoffs are only one aspect of the crisis. A survey conducted by
> the American Association of School Administrators found that 62
> percent of the nation's school districts intend to increase class
> sizes, 34 percent are considering the elimination of summer school,
> and 13 percent-up from 2 percent last year-may impose a four-day
> school week. In addition, school buildings are being shuttered, bus
> service reduced or cancelled, and educational and extracurricular
> programs ended.
>
> As big business politicians use the fiscal catastrophe in states to
> dismantle public education, there is a coordinated attempt, aided by
> the trade unions, to pit different sections of the working class
> against each another to prevent a unified opposition.
>
> In California, Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is backing
> legislation that would allow teacher layoffs regardless of seniority.
> Schwarzenegger, who oversaw the implementation of $17 billion in
> public education cuts, is attempting to posture as a defender of
> hardworking junior teachers. They are usually the first to get sacked
> when layoffs occur. He is joined by numerous Democrats, including Los
> Angeles State Senator Gloria Romero, chair of the Senate Education
> Committee.
>
> The aim of the bill in the California Legislature is not to protect
> the state's best teachers, but rather to save millions of dollars by
> targeting the jobs of better-paid, more senior teachers and replacing
> them with younger, lower paid employees. The legislation is designed
> to divert widespread popular anger over mass layoffs into hostility
> towards supposedly "burnt out" older teachers, and to sow divisions
> among teachers themselves. The unions in California, which are
> opposing the legislation, contribute to these divisions by refusing to
> wage a defense of the jobs of all teachers, regardless of seniority.
>
> In areas across the country, there are efforts to pass laws that would
> increase sales and other taxes in order to shore up state revenues. At
> a rally in Illinois on Wednesday, at which thousands demonstrated in
> opposition to education cuts, the main demand advanced by the public
> employee unions was to raise the state income tax from 3 to 4 percent.
> Such a measure would force working people who are losing their jobs
> and homes to pay for the economic crisis, while having no significant
> impact on the wealth of the rich.
>
> Teachers unions throughout the country have accepted the premise that
> cuts are necessary. Their primary aim has been to demand that they be
> given a seat at the table in determining how cuts will be implemented.
>
> At times the unions advocate wage reductions or freezes in exchange
> for jobs, as was done recently in Los Angeles. These concessions will,
> however, fail to resolve the fiscal crises facing school districts,
> and the government will come back for more. The unions will then work
> to convince their membership to make more sacrifices. By proving their
> usefulness in imposing the assault on public education, the union
> bureaucracy seeks to ensure that no matter how many jobs are lost, its
> positions will remain.
>
> The mass layoff of teachers and school employees underscores the
> urgent necessity for workers to build rank-and-file organizations
> independent of the unions. The attack on teachers is part of the
> attack on public education as a whole, and a powerful appeal should be
> made to the entire working class to wage a common struggle. Teachers
> should prepare for a nationwide strike to oppose all layoffs, wage and
> benefit cuts, school closings, and cuts in programs.
>
> Any opposition immediately confronts the fact that teachers face a
> coordinated campaign by the entire corporate-controlled political
> establishment. While millions of teachers voted for Obama in the hopes
> that he would change the policies of the Bush administration, they are
> now discovering that the Democratic president is their most bitter
> enemy.
>
> The policies of Obama correspond to the interests of the financial
> elite that he represents. After handing over trillions of dollars to
> Wall Street, the government is now insisting that there is "no money"
> for education and other social programs. Wall Street investors, whose
> relationship to the rest of society is essentially parasitic, are
> pulling in record pay, while teachers, who perform one of the most
> important functions, are being forced to sacrifice.
>
> A defense of public education therefore requires a transformation of
> the structure of American and world society. Capitalism-a society
> dedicated to the principle of private profit and individual wealth of
> a tiny layer-must be replaced with socialism-the democratic and
> rational control of production in the interest of social need.
> Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article are the sole
> responsibility of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of
> the Centre for Research on Globalization. The contents of this article
> are of sole responsibility of the author(s). The Centre for Research
> on Globalization will not be responsible or liable for any inaccurate
> or incorrect statements contained in this article.
>
> To become a Member of Global Research
>
> The CRG grants permission to cross-post original Global Research
> articles on community internet sites as long as the text & title are
> not modified. The source and the author's copyright must be displayed.
> For publication of Global Research articles in print or other forms
> including commercial internet sites, contact: crgeditor(a)yahoo.com
>
> www.globalresearch.ca contains copyrighted material the use of which
> has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We
> are making such material available to our readers under the provisions
> of "fair use" in an effort to advance a better understanding of
> political, economic and social issues. The material on this site is
> distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior
> interest in receiving it for research and educational purposes. If you
> wish to use copyrighted material for purposes other than "fair use"
> you must request permission from the copyright owner.
>
> For media inquiries: crgeditor(at)yahoo.com
>
> � Copyright Andrea Peters , World Socialist Web Site, 2010
>
> The url address of this article is:
> www.globalresearch.ca/PrintArticle.php?articleId=18816
>
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>
>

What do they need all these teachers for? By the time a kid is in 1st
grade, they should have picked up the alphabet from Sesame Street. And a
good trade from Bob the Builder.


From: razvlekatsa zabavlatsa on 25 Apr 2010 12:45
On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 09:12:34 -0400, "Ala" <alackrity(a)comcast.net>
wrote:

>What do they need all these teachers for? By the time a kid is in 1st
>grade, they should have picked up the alphabet from Sesame Street. And a
>good trade from Bob the Builder.

America's handlers have decided that instead of going forward, they're
going backward to Nazi Germany.

The reason they are making this mistake is due to their
non-advancement in science and technology.




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