Detroit high school students walkout protesting charterization and school shut downs

Detroit students walk out against school budget cuts and in solidarity with a nearby school threatened with closure.

Western International High School students talk about defending public education and opposing the charterization and privatization of their schools. They see it as turning the school system into a for profit enterprise instead of a community service. They are also walking out in solidarity with a nearby high school, Southwestern, which they have heard will be shutdown.

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