COVID-19 layoffs are coming for N.J. teachers. How bad will it get?
The coronavirus pandemic has already upended teachers’ lives, banishing them from their classrooms to teach students from home.
Now, as a grueling school year nears its end, some New Jersey teachers are receiving a cruel reward: A pink slip, courtesy of the crushing economic weight of the crisis.
Facing a Friday deadline to notify those teachers who won’t be brought back next year, many districts have already told non-tenured educators they won’t be offered a contract for the fall until schools know just how badly their finances will be hurt by COVID-19, said Richard Bozza, executive director of t… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: May 15th, 2020 | Author: admin | Filed under: COVID-19, Education, New Jersey | Tags: COVID-19, Education, New Jersey, Teachers layoffs | 1 Comment »