New Jersey: Thousands of high school students walk out to protest education cuts

[tonysam]

WSWS:

Tens of thousands of students from across New Jersey left their classes Tuesday to protest $820 million in education budget cuts by Republican Governor Chris Christie.

The budget cuts, averaging 11 percent across all districts, will result in the mass layoff off teachers and the destruction of arts and sports programs throughout the state.

This praiseworthy display of mass opposition among student youth was organized entirely by the students themselves. The movement developed on the social networking site Facebook, where an event announcing the strike accumulated more than 17,000 participants.

The demonstration tapped into growing opposition among students and broad sections of the working class to the attack on public education. Large protests took place in Newark and Camden, two of the most impoverished cities in the United States, as well as in more middle class districts.

WSWS

All for probably nothing. These politicians simply don't care.

[dkf]

1. Left class to protest less resources.

Isn't that self defeating?

[Tansy_Gold]

2. My very Dem son-in-law teaches middle school in NJ

I should call them tonight and see what the report is on the ground.