Thursday, March 4, 2010

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International: California's Crisis: Public Education for the Privileged?

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International: California's Crisis: Public Education for the Privileged?

Originally published on Youthradio.org, the premier source for youth generated news throughout the globe.

By: Nathan Hadden and Nick Belizzi
Faculty, students, and supporters of California public education will be out in force at massive statewide protests for the March 4 Day of Action to Save Public Education. A 21-year-old UC Berkeley student from a working class San Francisco Bay Area family says local communities aren't represented at the university.
This UC Berkeley junior says all the classes in her ethnic studies major are impacted, even as expensive capital projects dominate the university landscape.