On his weekly radio show this morning, Mayor Michael Bloomberg had some harsh words for those who lashed out at last night's Panel for Educational Policy meeting, at which it was decided 12 more city schools will be phased out at the end of the year.

"This is embarrassing for New York City, for New York State, for America. This is not democracy. We have gotten into a culture where it is fair game to take shots. That's not good,” said the mayor. “When you're yelling at a meeting last night, you're yelling at our teachers, you're dissing them, you're dissing the principals, you're dissing the school safety officers, you're dissing the custodians, you're dissing the taxpayers paying for it."

The mayor went on to defend Schools Chancellor Cathie Black.

He said any anger should be directed at himself or former Chancellor Joel Klein, because Black is just coming in to the role.

On Tuesday, the Panel for Education Policy voted to phase out 10 schools. Together, the school closures will be the largest in city history.