As we've noted, there is little demonstrated need for Edujobs cash to save teachers' jobs in the Buckeye State (Ohio will receive $361 million from the fund).?? Today, the Columbus Dispatch dug into the matter:
A Dispatch survey of 17 of Ohio's largest school districts found that fewer than 500 teachers, secretaries and other school workers lost their jobs this year. More than half of those districts, which account for about 20 percent of the state's students, laid no one off. Districts that did let school employees go brought many ??? if not most ??? back right away. Some simply needed to downsize staff as enrollment had shrunk over time.
- Emmy Partin
