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Detroit: Students Stage Walkout in Solidarity with Teacher “Sickouts”

HeadlineJan 26, 2016

In Detroit, dozens of students have staged a walkout in solidarity with teachers who have been protesting underfunding, black mold, rat infestations, crumbling buildings and inadequate staffing. Detroit Public Schools are under the control of unelected emergency manager Darnell Earley—none other than the unelected emergency manager who presided over the water contamination in Flint. This comes as a judge has again denied the school district’s request for a temporary restraining order to force the teachers to end their sickout protests.

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