Recent News and Discussions About Music Teacher Layoffs
Unit 5 school board approves $2.2 million in cuts, but … – WGLT
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2022-03-10/unit-5-school-board-approves-2-2-million-in-cuts-but-opts-against-music-changes
Mar 10, 2022 — The administration’s proposal, first made public last week, called for eliminating the music program’s two teaching positions – and therefore …
Laid off NYC teachers scramble for vacant positions
https://nypost.com/2022/07/03/laid-off-nyc-teachers-scramble-for-vacant-positions/
Jul 3, 2022 — New York City teachers whose positions were axed thanks to controversial budget cuts are now scrambling to find jobs at other schools.
How Layoffs Upend Life for Educators, Students, and Districts
https://www.edweek.org/leadership/how-layoffs-upend-life-for-educators-students-and-districts/2020/07
Jul 14, 2020 — The layoffs have upended the lives of teachers, administrators, and students. … Five music teachers were laid off , and several other music …
Music Education in Crisis – Joseph Pergola – NEMC
https://www.nemc.com/resources/articles/music-education-in-crisis_90
Program cuts of this nature are usually accompanied by layoffs and job cuts . … Whenever program or funding cuts are made to music programs, school boards …
Pleasant Valley School parents fight to keep band program …
https://www.poconorecord.com/story/news/education/2022/05/27/pleasant-valley-school-parents-fight-to-keep-band-program-intact/65357321007/
May 26, 2022 — Budget woes: Pleasant Valley School District faces furloughs, tax hike, cuts to music program. Maria Francis. Pocono Record.
Some Chicago schools laid off 1 in 7 teachers
https://chicago.chalkbeat.org/2021/9/27/22688890/chicago-schools-high-poverty-lost-1-in-7-teachers-layoffs
Sep 27, 2021 — Most schools with three or more teacher layoffs were shrinking campuses. … against Fenger’s music teacher in door-decorating contests, …
Layoff notices are back in some California school districts in a …
Layoff notices are back in some California school districts in a year of plenty: How come?
Mar 9, 2022 — A sixth grade math teacher helps two students during a lesson about math and music . Credit: Allison Shelley for American Education. A sixth …
A farewell to arts? Teachers fear coronavirus budget cuts may …
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2020/08/24/teachers-fear-coronavirus-budget-cuts-may-target-art-music-classes/3364102001/
Aug 24, 2020 — A farewell to arts? Teachers fear coronavirus budget cuts may target art, music classes. Suzanne Hirt. USA TODAY.
Burbank Unified rescinds last elementary school music …
https://www.latimes.com/socal/burbank-leader/news/tn-blr-me-elementary-music-teachers-saved-20190509-story.html
May 9, 2019 — A final of three Burbank Unified elementary music teaching positions proposed to be eliminated through layoffs has been saved , thanks to …
Layoffs claim L.A. band teacher who turned novices into …
https://www.latimes.com/local/la-xpm-2012-oct-09-la-me-band-director-20121009-story.html
Oct 9, 2012 — Most of the high school band members had never touched an instrument. Most had never marched; most couldn’t read music .