The AP (5/13) reports that roughly two dozen teachers and California Teachers Association President David Sanchez "were arrested at the state Capitol Thursday night as part of a protest over education funding in the state budget. The California Highway Patrol began arresting the teachers shortly after the building was scheduled to close at 6 p.m. Thursday." The piece notes that earlier, Sanchez had "led a group of about 75 protesters singing and chanting outside the office of Senate Minority Leader Bob Dutton, R-Rancho Cucamonga."
The San Jose Mercury News (5/13, Williams) reports that the protests in Sacramento stem from teachers' frustrations with steadily increasing class sizes and workloads. Meanwhile, "Amid frustrations over past and potential budget cuts, another reality has been emerging for many of those in the profession: Teaching has never seemed less appealing." Moreover, "Teachers face increasing expectations from the state to boost student performance and must deal with a growing population of non-English speaking students, yet classrooms are being hit hard by the state's ongoing fiscal woes."
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