Chicago Teachers and Supporters Start Three-day March For Education Justice

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May 18, 2013

Progress Illinois: "Our City. Our Schools. Our Voice: Three-day March For Education Justice"
Jesse Sharkey, vice president of the Chicago Teachers Union, addresses education activists participating in the West Side march Saturday at Lafayette Elementary in Humboldt Park.

http://www.youtube.com/user/ProgressIllinois/videos?flow=list&sort=dd&view=0

CHICAGO (AP) — Hundreds of teachers, parents and students took to Chicago's streets Saturday, the first of three days of marches to protest Mayor Rahm Emanuel's plan to close dozens of city school.

The show of force was meant to add weight to a pair of lawsuits filed in recent days. Police-escorted processions snaked through numerous neighborhoods, with protesters stopping at schools, chanting and holding signs with slogans such as "Quality Schools For All Kids."

"It's extremely important that we continue our fight for education justice," Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis said outside an elementary school on the city's West Side. "It's extraordinarily important to have schools in communities because even if they're not where you want them to be at this moment, you have to plan for the future."

The Chicago Board of Education is set to vote on the plan to close 54 schools in the coming days.
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http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Chicago-Teachers-Union-begins-3-day-citywide-march-4527508.php



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