Mexico: Teachers Protest Punitive Evaluations

Depite an ominous police protest, dissident teachers from states including Oaxaca, Chiapas, and Michocan protested so-called education reforms outside the nation’s Senate on Wednesday, especially the punitive teacher evaluations. Minister of Education Emilio Chauyffet, on the other hand, defended the measure in a congressional hearing the same day. A few lawmakers agree with the teachers, saying that the evaluations are a labor issue aimed at laying off teachers and privatizing education. Clayton Conn reports from Mexico City for teleSUR.