New Jersey students exhibit the intensity, determination, and focus that should serve to inspire students nationwide. What 18 year old or what parent will organize a nationwide walkout and boycott of the tests? That will change the political rhetoric overnight. Video from Star Ledger.
Newark students walk out of school, take City Hall
(Check out the video: a *lot* of kids blocking city hall; pretty impressive action for the age group.
also check out the mounted police monitoring the scene/intimidation tactics of riding up, retreating...because a bunch of teenagers on the steps of city hall being political is so obviously threatening...
seen in the crowd: "we say fight back")
http://www.schoolsmatter.info/2010/04/new-jersey-students-role-models-for.htmlFrom the Star-Ledger:
Thousands of New Jersey high school students are expected to walk out of classes today to protest education cuts proposed by Gov. Chris Christie.
...Lloyd, 17, joined thousands of fellow New Jersey students on Facebook, where the protest was first organized. According to the site, more than 16,000 students plan to leave school between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Students from seven high schools in Newark are expected to walk out at 1 p.m. and march...Students from around the state are expected to participate in similar marches throughout the day.
The protests were initiated by Michelle Ryan Lauto, an 18-year-old college student who spent her high school years in Bergen County. Lauto, said she set up a Facebook event page about a month ago encouraging the walkouts. By Monday evening, more than 16,000 people said they’d be participating — a number that was rising by hundreds every few hours...Lauto has family members who will be affected by the cuts but said her aim was to show that students were genuinely concerned for the welfare of their schools...
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/04/thousands_of_students_expected.html
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