An article about how widespread teacher layoffs were only temporarily minimized.  With many of our largest states and cities essentially bankrupt, it's going to be grim:

For a while, it looked like a federal measure aimed at supporting teachers and other state and local workers had helped save Amanda VanNess's job. It turned out it was only a temporary reprieve.

In July, the 25-year-old Ms. VanNess lost her job teaching kindergarten at Pickett Elementary School in Toledo, Ohio, as a result of cuts that came after voters rejected an income-tax increase aimed at shoring up a budget deficit at the Toledo Public School District.

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• OCTOBER 9, 2010

Teacher Who Served as Symbol of Jobs Measure Gets Laid Off

By JUSTIN LAHART

http://professional.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703927504575540433878595318.html