Parents, Teachers Protest Lawsuit Against Charter Schools In NYC
May 27, 2011 8:16 AM
UFT lawsuit protest (credit: CBS 2)
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Demonstrators gathered outside the state office building on 125th Street in Harlem to demand the NAACP withdraw from alawsuit filed by the United Federation of Teachers.
The UFT, NAACP, and other groups filed suit on May 18 in Manhattan Supreme Court to stop the closing of 22 New York City public schools and block 17 charter schools from opening or expanding.
Chanting “Don’t divide us, unite us,” over 1,000 said they were fighting for their