Education: Hard Times for Teachers

Norman Weiss, 27, just finished his first year as a science teacher at Highland Elementary School in Oakland, Calif., and it may be his last. The Oakland public schools, faced with a $4 million deficit and an enrollment loss of 8,500 pupils in the past five years, have laid off Weiss and 185 other teachers. Weiss still has some hope of a job in the fall; the Highland principal told him that there may be an opening in September—or perhaps in October. "I'm single," says Weiss. "I can live by my wits. But those...

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