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Teacher Un-Des Moines Her Own Protest | Intercepts

Teacher Un-Des Moines Her Own Protest | Intercepts

Teacher Un-Des Moines Her Own Protest

This video of an education budget protest at a Des Moines middle school went viral last week after appearing onHotAir.com. Take a look at it and see if you can figure out why.
If you didn’t catch it, one of the students is holding a sign that reads, “Save Are Teachers.”

The protest actually took place before school on March 8. It was organized by teacher Theresa Hoffman with the principal’s permission. You can read the story about it in the March 22 issue of the Iowa State Daily.
Hoffman is the students’ language arts teacher and is retiring after 33 years in the profession. She had the vigor and drive to put the rally together, lead the students in chants and notify the local news media, but evidently