Sacramento--Thousands of teachers, students and parents will rally on Thursday 5/8 against Governor Davis' proposal to gut millions of dollars from education while padding the state's prison budget. Protesters will ask lawmakers to save the jobs of thousands of pink-slipped teachers and improve school funding by reducing prison spending. "It speaks very poorly of how we choose to invest in the future when the only area of state spending slated for an increase is prison spending," says Wayne Au, a Berkeley High teacher. "While 30,000 California teachers have already received lay-off notices, prison guards await a 7% raise." Some schools have "simplified" matters by pink-slipping every teacher on staff, and later sending apology letters to those who can stay on. Report | Read more: 1 | 2 | 3 | May8.org