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Before i became a principal, and would i love to end my career as a principal, but at this point in time that's not possible. >> so the burlington school district wanted to qualify for up to $3 million in fed stimulus money for its dozen schools. the options for low-performing schools. what's your take on this? is it really going to come down to these schools actually getting this money? are they going to get what they need for the kids there? >> we won't know that. i mean, we submitted a request to the state of vermont toward the stimulus money because they are the middle liaison, and we've a...

Education, but all the races for the cash, does a one size fit all standard to education help all the students succeed? joining us now is joyce irvin, a principal of a low-performing school in burlington, vermont, who lost her job so her school could actually qualify for stimulus money. how did you lose your job? thought you voluntarily left your job so that the school could get the money? >> what happens is one of the four turnaround models under the stimulus act requires -- well, all four sections required the principal to be replaced so in any indication i would have lost my job. i just opt...

Looks very finely at our application and we get some of that funding. >> joyce, we know that you and a lot of your colleagues who are teachers there, have some of the toughest jobs or did have some of the toughest jobs in our country and a lot of times it goes underappreciated so thank you for your time today, joyce. >> okay, thank you. before we leave you today. move over, superman, move over spider-man, get out of the way spider-man, e want to introduceu to a rail life hero, the mailman. an ohio postal worker has earned the reputation as a superhero after saving the life of not one person ...

allows if something like that gets into trouble, if a series of risky investments are made, and ultimately they can't cover the damage that they're about to do, you break it apart and get rid of. >> you're admitting that maybe everything you're trying to do to prevent these firms from getting bigger would work -- >> no, no. i'm not saying that -- i'm saying that there now is the -- understand this, chuck. before the sibt there's no legal authority to resolve by breaking apart. legally the mechanism doesn't exist. now legally the mechanism does exist. >> at yesterday's staff communica...