"Education: In the U.S., this is an area that has been historically quite recession resistant. However, California's current budget crisis triggered by the 2008 economic downturn has upset the apple cart as far as K-12 education in the state is concerned. California, with a potential budget deficit of nearly $16 billion for 2008-2009 (state Legislative Analyst, Sacramento, Feb 21, 2008) is facing a tough and painful situation. State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Jack O'Connell, recently announced that an estimated 20,000 teachers, counselors, librarians, nurses, and support staff have been given layoff notices. We are not sure what the exact final outcome will be as far as the total layoffs are concerned. One thing is for sure—it will be difficult to define K-12 teaching as a recession resistant job for a while, at least in the state of California. My rating: high degree of recession proofing at the college and university level, and modest degree of recession proofing at the K-12 level."
Unlike the recent Money Magazine article on the same subject, this is a much more reasoned look at the relative job safety of careers in education. Shouldn't the national magazine do better than the suburban newspaper?
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