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Will teachers' jobs be saved?

Publication: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
Publication Date: 31-MAR-09 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Will teachers' jobs be saved?(News)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Associated Press

WASHINGTON President Barack Obama promises his economic stimulus law will save hundreds of thousands of teaching jobs, but some states could end up spending the money on playground equipment or wallpaper and the president might not have the authority to stop them.

Obama says nearly all of the education money in the Recovery Act, which will start going out to states this week, is designed to retain teachers.

Education Secretary Arne Duncan threatens to "come down like a ton of bricks" on anyone who defies the administrations plans to bring relief to states like California where 26,500 teachers have gotten pink slips. Across the country, 9 percent of teachers about 294,000 may face layoffs because of budget cuts, according to a University of Washington study.

But plans for the money...

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