Teacher Layoffs Galore

As many as 20,000 teachers could be laid off in Illinois:

In recent weeks, state education funding woes have triggered a tsunami of pink slips to thousands upon thousands of teachers and support staff in school districts statewide, with about 9,800 announced layoffs of teachers so far.

Dictator Klein of NYC warns of possible teacher layoffs.

California, too, although the LAT bitches about seniority rules.