Students, teachers protest over US education cuts

by E Wayne Ross on March 5, 2010

AFP: Students, teachers protest over US education cuts

LOS ANGELES — Students clashed with baton-wielding police as thousands took to the streets across California in mostly peaceful protests against cuts in education spending.
Television reports showed dozens of protesters at the University of California Berkeley scuffling with police as demonstrations against fee hikes of more than 30 percent turned viole