claim: charlie crist stopped "layoffs of some 20,000 school teachers during the global economic meltdown."
author: charlie crist
evidence_1: nov 18, 2013 ... charlie crist is seeking the governor's office as a democrat after once holding  the post as a republican. he's been ... "and stopping the layoffs of some 20,000  school teachers during the global economic meltdown.” crist ...
evidence_2: jun 26, 2014 ... charlie crist often tells voters that he saved thousands of teachers' jobs ... of  some 20,000 school teachers during the global economic meltdown." ... we rated  crist's claim that he stopped 20,000 teacher layoffs half true.
evidence_3: aug 31, 2014 ... crist lambasted scott's education funding record the day after he ... some 20,000  school teachers during the global economic meltdown. ... the number was  derived from media reports about possible layoffs, not actual layoffs.
evidence_4: oct 10, 2014 ... charlie crist, scott repeatedly hammered crist for jobs lost during his ...  countered that he governed during a global economic meltdown. ... is it true that  by taking federal stimulus dollars crist saved 20,000 teachers from being laid off?  ... includes not just teachers but other types of school workers as well. in ...
evidence_5: oct 27, 2014 ... we were pre-eminent in mass education and now we are not. ... reviewing the  record of charlie crist, gov. ... the layoffs of some 20,000 school teachers during  the global economic meltdown. ... clearly some teachers were laid off, but the ad  didn't prove the actual number and put too much blame on crist.