Last Thursday's march was a success. Over 100 students and former students joined together at McPherson Square to protest growing concerns over our nation's educational infrastructure. Many issues, from the student debt crisis to the unequal funding in public primary and secondary schools.
After protesting at Sallie Mae, students headed to the Department of Education and presented their list of demands to Tim Tuten, the director of events in the Office of Communications and Outreach, who promised to voice our concerns directly to Arne Duncan, who would deliver a response by March 9th.
Since last Tuesday, the Dept. of Education, in conjunction with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, have rolled out a streamlined process to cover complaints about privatized student loans, in conjunction with our third plank.
Media attention on the issue of student debt also dramatically increased, both on a local and national level.
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DC Indymedia and TheFightBack have some excellent coverage about what happened on the DC march and why holistic educational reform is so important. A video of the march here.
Occupy DC protester Sara Shaw's livetweets (@sara_jeans) and a picture of the DC protest were used in the Huffington Post as part of an article on the nationwide actions.
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