March for Public Education
"Hands of Title IX" says this demonstrator at the "March for Public Education". Several hundred activists gathered on Saturday July 22, 2017 at the Washington Monument and marched to the Department of Education building in Washington D.C. to protest against Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and the Trump Administration's efforts to cut federal education funding and expand private-school vouchers. Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972 is a federal law that states: "No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance." Teachers and parents have been critical of DeVos for her support of school vouchers and charter schools, which they see as taking away resources from public schools. (Photo by Jeff Malet)