Latest News and Comment from Education

Saturday, April 24, 2010

Schools Matter: New Jersey Students Plan Statewide Walkout

Schools Matter: New Jersey Students Plan Statewide Walkout

New Jersey Students Plan Statewide Walkout

Hey, guess what. Students like their school libraries, teachers, sports teams, school nurses and guidance counselors. So students in New Jersey are planning a statewide walkout to protest the cuts to the state education budget, which have created havoc across the Garden State.

The students are mobilizing via Facebook, and thousands have already signed up to support the walkout. Offer these students your support by going to their site. This is the kind of organized action that will get results, so let this kind of action spread across the nation.

When students stop going to these dumbed-down test factories run by corporations, maybe the pols in Trenton and Washington will begin to get the message. ht to Stan Karp.
NJ students plan statewide walkout Tuesday
By LESLIE BRODY The Record
04/23/2010
A Facebook page encouraging New Jersey students to cut class Tuesday to rally against state aid reductions has more than 13,000 signed up to participate.
The page, called "Protest NJ Education Cuts – State Wide School Walk Out," exhorts students – with