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All the teachers' jobs. is that one way to go right now? bailout for schools? >> it's a way to go. it's not going to solve the problem. the problem is that teachers salary, going up at a tlat is higher than the revenue that's used to pay them. meaning property taxes are used to pay the teachers' salaries. when there are no more property taxes, there's no more money. so the teachers and their representatives, the unions, could help out a lot here. they could say, we will stop asking for increases when you cannot afford them, because when we get a 3% increase and you don't have a 3% increase in ...

Distrust million, wondering if they're have to make new sacrifices in the coming school year. allan chernoff, cnn, tewksbury, massachusetts. let's state rye here on this topic. hear what the secretary of education arne dunk been to say. he said our schools are on the brink of education catastrophe. listen. >> right now we're trying to stave off this education catastrophe and these aren't, again, small numbers. illinois, up to 20,000. new york, about 20,000. california, 23,000. these are staggering number, not just young teachers. young teachers, veteran teachers. the amount of layoffs we're ...

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 o...

And help meet districts and states halfway. >> the fact is, you made reference to this, teacher layoffs are inevitable this year. there is a debate happening over who should go first? should it be based on seniority, the last hired, first fired? where do you come down on that specifically? >> well, i think we're fighting so hard is to say we don't need 200, 300,000 layoffs around the country. that's not good for any of us. if those hard choices can be made less difficult, we can be more creative in thinking about reform. right now, we're trying to stave off this education catastrophe. these ar...