Detroit plans to cut 1,500 teaching jobs in next 4 years

From The Detroit News: The Detroit public school system expects to eliminate nearly 40 percent of its teaching jobs in the next four years to help close a $327 million deficit. The district would cut more than 1,500 teachers by fall 2015, according to a deficit-elimination plan. Most of the reduction — nearly 1,100 teachers — would occur next fall as the district expects to move some of its weakest schools into a state-controlled recovery district, the Education Achievement Authority. Some of the teachers who leave the Detroit district may be employed in the new statewide system.