Philadelphia schools to lay off nearly 4,000 teachers - World Socialist Web Site
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Philadelphia schools to lay off nearly 4,000 teachers
By Nick Barrickman
11 June 2013
On Friday, the superintendent of the Philadelphia School District (SDP), William Hite, Jr., announced plans to lay off nearly 4,000 educators in the coming months. The destruction of teachers’ jobs comes as part of a “doomsday” austerity budget in the public school system that was passed several weeks ago by the School Reform Commission (SRC), which is appointed dually by the state and the city to oversee its public schools.