shaw won t say whether or not he s quitting his job but he did say he s taking his kids to disney world. good for them. have a great tip. from colorado to california, nebraska to new york, new york secretary of education is calling it an emergency. budget cuts may force tens of thousands of teachers to be laid off. in cleveland school board cut positions. emotional scenes like this are playing out across the country. when did money precede education of our children. joining me now, a teacher in cleveland who has already found out that he won t have a job next year. great to see you, justin. sorry to hear that news. when did you find out? i found out tuesday night at the school board meeting you just showed footage from. any chance the school board will negotiate on these cuts? right now the school board
another devastating blow to our nation s struggling schools. the cleveland school board voted to/10% of its workforce. it is only the latest example of what education secretary arne duncan is calling an emergency in classrooms from coast to coast. i spoke with duncan earlier today. secretary, duncan, welcome to you. thanks for having me back again. you have said that the country is on the brink, of an education catastrophe. you called the situation brutal. you called it really scary. this is absolutely alarming to hear coming from the secretary of education. paint a picture for us of how bad you think things can actually get. as i travel around the country every sing state is looking at very significant layoffs. the number could be anywhere between a minimum of 100,000 teachers laid off to as much as