Thousands head for Springfield

Buses are loaded with Illinois teachers.
 

School funding protests bringing teachers, parents, seniors from across the state.
In New Jersey, Teaneck High School students walked out of classes this morning to protest the defeat of the school budget, program cuts and teacher firings.

In St. Paul, most of the more than 350 people in attendance at Tuesday night's school board meeting wore blue T-Shirts to show support for Arlington High School, one of the schools slated to close under Supt. Silva's proposed $30 million in budget cuts.

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