Across the country, hundreds of schools have been closed, virtually all of them in communities of color. The closures have devastated neighborhoods and disproportionately impacted Black and Latino students. Zakiyah Ansari, a New York mother of eight says the nationwide education system needs repair.

Teachers also say they’re facing frustration in evaluations systems that determine teachers’ and schools’ performances.

Many here feel that standardized testing has led to the unnecessary firing of teachers and deficits in quality learning.

Students say they have trouble keeping up in school, which leaves them unable to be competitive globally and professionally.

The US government’s education policy has followed years of reforms from the “No Child Left Behind Act” created under George W. Bush. These protesters say there are thousands of children not only left behind but are falling through the cracks under President Obama.

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