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After March 4th, what comes next?

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The Fight to Save Public Education

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Counterpunch: The Fight to Save Public Education

The Fight to Save Public Education

By SHAMUS COOKE

March 4 was historic. It will be remembered as the day that people began to fight back against the destruction of public education. The student and teacher led offensive took place in cities across the country; teachers, students and school workers demonstrated and marched, showcasing the aggressive methods of the struggle. San Francisco led the way with the biggest numbers. As many as 15,000 people, mostly students, teachers and social service workers attended a Civic Center rally organized by the three teachers unions and the San Francisco Labor Council.

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Students, teachers protest over US education cuts

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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

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U.S. students protest fee hikes at universities

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Reuters: U.S. students protest fee hikes at universities

* Protests largely peaceful but some arrests in Oakland (Adds Oakland arrests, San Francisco rally)

SAN FRANCISCO, March 4 (Reuters) – Students and faculty at California’s public universities rallied across the state on Thursday to protest steep fee hikes they say have damaged a system of higher education long the envy of the nation.

More than 100 such events in more than 30 states were scheduled for a “Day of Action” in support of public education, prompted by tuition hikes and program cuts that reflect financial problems affecting nearly every U.S. state.

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Students Across California and the US Protest Budget Cuts During Day of Action to Defend Public Education

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Now Public: Students Across California and the US Protest Budget Cuts During Day of Action to Defend Public Education

Students across California and other parts of the US took part in a national day of protest against higher tuition fees and budget cuts at post-secondary institutions.

Protest organizers state that they hope to raise awareness about how the recession is affecting universities, calling Thursday a Day of Action to Defend Public Education. Students caused disruptions at the University of California at Santa Cruz UC Berkeley, and other universities across California. Protests also took place at the University of Maryland.

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New York: Students Protest on Various Fronts as Cuts Loom

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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.

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Students, Teachers Take Part in Nationwide Protests Against Education Cuts

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Democracy Now!: Students, Teachers Take Part in Nationwide Protests Against Education Cuts

Hundreds of thousands of students and teachers took part in protests Thursday as part of the National Day of Action to Defend Public Education. Much of the day’s focus was on the university and state college campuses of California, where students face a 32 percent tuition hike. Thousands of California students staged a one-day strike and took part in rallies from San Diego to Sacramento to Humboldt County. Actions were held in at least thirty other states, including here in New York, where protesters rallied outside the offices of Governor David Paterson. It was the largest day of coordinated student protest in years.

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Ala. Statehouse rally held for higher ed funding

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AP: Ala. Statehouse rally held for higher ed funding

MONTGOMERY, ALA.

A throng of college students and administrators waved signs and shouted slogans as bands played fight songs Thursday during a rally to push for more state funds for higher education in Alabama.

Students also joined higher education officials in urging legislators to reach a fair solution to the crisis facing the state’s prepaid college tuition program, known as PACT, without putting caps on tuition for PACT participants.

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Pepper spray used to break up UWM protest

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Journal-Sentinel: Pepper spray used to break up UWM protest

15 people arrested at rally criticizing rising cost of education

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University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee officials said they had to use pepper spray Thursday to help break up a rally at the campus after some protesters became violent while trying to enter the building that contains the chancellor’s office.

Sixteen people were detained and 15 were arrested during the afternoon rally, university spokesman Tom Luljak said. The rally coincided with rallies at colleges nationwide that criticized the rising cost of higher education.

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March on Everywhere!

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Inside Higher Ed: March on Everywhere!

BERKELEY, CALIF. — In an unprecedented day of national protest across all sectors of education, the epicenter proved to be this college town where the seeds of student activism were sown more than 40 years ago.

With the smell of burning sage and the occasional hint of weed in the air, an impassioned throng of students from the University of California’s Berkeley campus marched to Oakland (where the university system’s headquarters are located) in opposition of budget cuts and tuition hikes they say are crippling one of the nation’s premier public institutions.

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