Lay Off

They made the school's longtime, full-time music teacher — a remarkable guy named Barry Solowey — into a lazy, incompetent teacher who depended on the union to keep his job while the hero — Roberta — was threatened by a citywide lay-off. ❋ Valerie Strauss (2010)

Chelsea's Frank Lampard fears long lay-off after flying home hurt ❋ Unknown (2011)

This news was reported on the very same day that the editors of the Washington Post very confidently pooh-poohed the very idea that a teacher lay-off crisis would ever manifest itself. ❋ The Huffington Post News Team (2010)

A colleague of mine who has been teaching for five years recently received a lay-off notice. ❋ Larry Strauss (2011)

Serena Williams has revealed she has battled feelings of depression during the injury lay-off that has seen her sidelined since claiming her 13th grand slam title at Wimbledon last July. ❋ Unknown (2011)

These appeals may have long-term logic but isn't it just the slightest bit disingenuous to sound the call for Americans to become teachers just as the lay-off notices are being delivered? ❋ Larry Strauss (2011)

She is quite happy that she turned a lay-off into a great opportunity for herself and her family. ❋ The Huffington Post News Team (2010)

As many as 5,000 more teachers may receive lay-off notices this Spring. ❋ Robert Schwartz (2011)

But the character had a long lay-off until the Oct 1979 issue of Batman. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Sharp cuts in education spending aren't going to improve education, it is going to mean the lay-off of a large number of excellent young teachers, and it is going to put tremendous economic pressure on hard-pressed localities. ❋ Alan Singer (2011)

However, teacher tenure and seniority is not the best way to determine salary increases, placement, and lay-off decisions either. ❋ Robert Schwartz (2011)