Students protest Education Department closure in ‘Hands Off Our Schools’ rally

Hundreds of colleges and high school students representing student governments from some of the largest schools in Washington, Colombia District will gather outside the Ministry of Education on Friday to oppose the numbness of the agency’s administration.

The rally “hands of our schools” will be more than 500 students, according to a spokesman who added that the rally is working to increase the size of its permit to settle north of 1000 participants.

The demonstration is organized by student governments representing over 130,000 students in several colleges in the region, including the University of Georgetown, the American University and the University of Howard, as well as on the inter -state corridor 95 to the University of Temple, according to the organizers.

The coalition is a “Historical Union” that stands against the “attack on education”, including the free -speech and financial assistance programs in the campus, according to the organizers.

He has a list of four requests for the leaders of Congress: preserving and strengthening the department; Make sure all students are protected; They oppose actions to combat diversity, justice and inclusion that limit autonomy in the classroom; and rejects the direction of individual students and scientists to express their political views.

“The latest executive orders undermine the basis of our nation and limit the opportunities of children of any origin to learn and achieve their full potential,” the organizers wrote in a statement. “By making educational spaces more restrictive and unwanted, these policies are intended to leave lasting, harmful effects on our generation and those who follow.”

President Donald Trump has signed an enforcement order directing the Secretary of Education Linda McMahon to remove the department and return control of education in the United States. The department has already released almost half of its workforce to start reducing the agency.

Critics say college students will be affected especially if the president is to restore the responsibilities of the Federal Student Aid Service, such as the $ 1.6 trillion student’s loan portfolio and the termination of federal workers administering funds for higher education.

The rally is expected to work from 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm and there are about a dozen speakers. The organizers also expect Washington, Colombia County, representatives of the High School State Council and a former progressive reporter Jamaal Bauman, a former director, among the list of speakers. The organizers said they turned to additional legislators and were working to confirm the final list of speakers.

The event follows about a month of Friday demonstrations, which are held at the Department, including “Ed” rally “Rally,” Learning “and” clapping “for the terminated federal workers.

Most recently, legislators of the Capitol hill condemn changes to the department. Senator Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. Her campaign will include investigations, supervision, community commitment and court cases, according to Senator.

“The federal government has invested in our public schools,” Warren said in an exclusive interview with ABC News. “The removal of this from our children, so a handful of billionaires is even more rich is just ugly and I will fight everything I have.”

Meanwhile, McMahon shocked a dozen Democrats in the House on Wednesday when she crashed their press conference in front of the department after meeting them at a closed -door meeting at the agency.