Boyd, Donald; Lankford, Hamilton; Loeb, Susanna; … - In: Education Finance and Policy 6 (2011) July, pp. 439-454
districts, layoffs are currently determined by some version of teacher seniority. Yet, alternative approaches to personnel … reductions may substantially reduce the harm to students from staff reductions relative to layoffs based on seniority. As a … debate, illustrates the differences in New York City public schools that would result if layoffs were determined by seniority …