New York: Students Protest on Various Fronts as Cuts Loom

by E Wayne Ross on March 5, 2010

The Epoch Times: Students Protest on Various Fronts as Cuts Loom

New York City NEW YORK—Looming education-related cuts lead to student protests on four fronts in the city on Thursday, tying into a national day of student protest over similar cuts.

Protests in New York City targeted the planned elimination of free Student MetroCards, the closure of 19 public schools that were broken up into smaller charter schools, the education cuts looming from the city and state budgets, and the overall mayoral control of the city’s school system.