Knoxville, Tennessee Education budget crisis is a sign of an U.S education system in collapse

Knoxville, Tennessee (Knox County Schools), is facing a severe structural budget crisis resulting in an operational $7.8 million shortfall for the upcoming academic year. Read here And with this budget crisis a lot of staff have been RIFD. There are also hiring freezes taking places. I saw a post on Reddit where a mother said her daughter applied to 30 places and got 4 interviews and was lucky to have a job at a school. I used to live in Tennessee. I live in Illinois and experience the same thing happened at the school I worked. People got RIFD from providers, to our school clerk, etc. I know birthrates are declining. People are having less and less kids. More people are homeschooling. Are we headed for collapse? Is there a monetary crisis? War prioritized for self care? How will things look like on the ground when the collapse happens? submitted by /u/StatisticianKooky390 [link] [comments]