About 50 high school students at Frederick Douglass Academy in Detroit were suspended Thursday after walking out of classes to protest a host of issues at the all-boys school. The concerns included a lack of consistent teachers and the removal of the principal. The boys, dressed in school blazers, neckties and hoodies, chanted, "We want education!" as they marched outside the school. Parents organized the walkout because they fear for the school's future. As recently as last month, students spent weeks passing time in the gym, library or cafeteria due to a lack of teachers, parents saidIf the failings of the education bureaucracy had even 1% of the attention of that of the single Trayvon Martin case, there may be some hope for these young people.
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Detroit Students Walkout: Students Demand an Education
There is no institution in society that is doing more to steal the future of young people than the public education system. The Detroit Free Press reports that:
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