After a particularly brutal budgeting season this summer, states and school districts across the country have fired thousands of teachers, raised college tuition, relaxed standards, slashed days off the academic calendar and gutted pre-kindergarten and summer school programs, reports the Los Angeles Times. Slashed budgets are nothing new for educators, but experts say this year stands out…
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