February 23, 2013. 13 photos.
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Members of Austin ISD’s Eastside Memorial High’s Panther Band join the Save Texas Schools March and Rally 2013. -
Education writer and former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Education Diane Ravitch addresses the Save Texas Schools March and Rally 2013. -
“Now, some of you may look at that and see that as the tail wagging the dog a little bit, wouldn’t you? I don’t. I look at it as the flea at the end of the tail of the dog trying to wag the dog.” Former Commissioner of Education has tough words for the state’s privatized testing system at the Save Texas Schools’ March and Rally 2013. -
Mary Ann Whiteker, superintendent of Hudson ISD in Lufkin, speaks to the crowd at the Save Texas Schools March and Rally 2013. Participants marched from Riverside Drive to the Capitol. -
Perrin-Whitt Consolidated ISD Superintendent John Kuhn, whose firey speech was a keystone of the 2012 Save Texas Schools rally, returns to the Capitol for the 2013 event. -
Sen. Kirk Watson, D-Austin, addresses the estimated 12,000 people attending the Save Texas Schools March and Rally 2013. -
Save Texas Schools March and Rally 2013 participants marched from Riverside Drive to the Capitol. -
Save Texas Schools March and Rally 2013 participants marched from Riverside Drive to the Capitol. -
Save Texas Schools March and Rally 2013 participants marched from Riverside Drive to the Capitol. -
Save Texas Schools March and Rally 2013 participants marched from Riverside Drive to the Capitol. Here (L-R) Marlee Foster, age 10, Maricarmen Marquez, age 9,and Anastasia Ortega, age 9, join the protest. -
Save Texas Schools March and Rally 2013 participants marched from Riverside Drive to the Capitol. -
Save Texas Schools March and Rally 2013 participants marched from Riverside Drive to the Capitol. -
Save Texas Schools March and Rally 2013 participants marched from Riverside Drive to the Capitol.
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