Students, Others Rally for Michigan School Funding

Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm meets with protesters in front of the state Capitol in Lansing, Mich., on Nov. 10. Granholm said school officials and parents must persuade lawmakers that more needs to be done to shore up education funding in Michigan.
—Rod Sanford /The State Journal/AP
By The Associated Press
Lansing, Mich.

School advocates and Democratic Gov. Jennifer Granholm are keeping the pressure on Michigan lawmakers to raise more money for education.

Hundreds of students, parents and school officials rallied Tuesday at the state Capitol to take their message directly to lawmakers. Students called on the Legislature to avoid budget cuts that could trim school programs across the state.

"We want to show them it's hurting us more than they think it is," said Zane Thomas, 17, a student at Thurston High School in Redford near Detroit. "I don't think they understand how deep...

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