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Kraft, Matthew A.; Bleiberg, Joshua F. – Education Finance and Policy, 2022
Economic downturns can cause major funding shortfalls for U.S. public schools, often forcing districts to make difficult budget cuts, including teacher layoffs. In this brief, we synthesize the empirical literature on the widespread teacher layoffs caused by the Great Recession. Studies find that teacher layoffs harmed student achievement and were…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Job Layoff, Teacher Employment, Academic Achievement
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Bleiberg, Joshua F.; Kraft, Matthew A. – Education Finance and Policy, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic upended the U.S. education system in ways that dramatically affected the jobs of K-12 employees. However, there remains considerable uncertainty about the nature and degree of staffing challenges during the pandemic. We draw on data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and State Education Agencies (SEA) to describe…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Labor Market, COVID-19, Pandemics
Kraft, Matthew A.; Bleiberg, Joshua F. – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2021
Economic downturns can cause major funding shortfalls for U.S. public schools, often forcing districts to make difficult budget cuts including teacher layoffs. In this brief, we synthesize the empirical literature on the widespread teacher layoffs caused by the Great Recession. Studies find that teacher layoffs harmed student achievement and were…
Descriptors: Job Layoff, Public School Teachers, Equal Education, Personnel Policy