Anger grows over Michigan school closures - World Socialist Web Site
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If you attack one school, you attack them all”
Anger grows over Michigan school closures
By Shannon Jones
20 February 2017
Opposition is mounting to the threat by Michigan’s State Reform Office (SRO) to close as many as 38 schools by the end of the school year for “non-performance.” The threatened closures would have a devastating impact on communities and students, many of which would be forced to travel long distances to alternative schools.
The closure threat is the product of a right-wing attack on public education long championed by Michigan billionaire heiress Betsy DeVos, who was recently installed as Trump’s secretary of education. Under a 2009 state law schools ranked in the bottom five percent on standardized tests for three years in a row can be closed. Another 35 schools are targeted for state intervention and could face closure at the end of the 2017-18 school year.
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Baltimore public schools face $129 million budget deficit, plan mass layoffs - World Socialist Web Site
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Baltimore public schools face $129 million budget deficit, plan mass layoffs
By Ron Barzel and Brad Dixon
20 February 2017
The head of Baltimore public schools announced last month massive budget cuts and layoffs intended to offset the $129 million deficit facing the school district in the fiscal year starting July 1.
“Baltimore city public schools will look drastically different on July 2,” said Sonja Santelises, CEO of Baltimore Public Schools, stated in the announcement. “This is going to hit everything kids love about coming to school,” she said.
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