Students rally outside Capitol for increased education funding
Demonstrations for increased education funding continued Monday as roughly 5,000 students and employees from community colleges and California State University descended on the state Capitol for a noisy but peaceful rally… Monday’s demonstration was the latest in a string of protests that began in early March with students up and down the state speaking out against rising fees and reduced courses at California’s colleges and universities. Community college Chancellor Jack Scott said the state could make money by spending more on education. For every dollar the state spends on education, it gets $3 back in increased tax revenue, Scott said, because educated workers earn bigger salaries.
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by Laurel Rosenhall, The Sacramento Bee.