Hub students protest budget gap as Walsh testifies on charters

BOSTON – Hundreds of Boston Public Schools students climbed Beacon Hill Monday to protest proposed state education budget cuts as the Legislature's Joint Committee on Education began a marathon public hearing inside the State House, drawing heated testimony from supporters and opponents of charter schools and Common Core education standards. The timing of the student rally didn't appear directly linked to the hearing, in which Boston Mayor Marty Walsh voiced opposition to raising the limit on c

BOSTON – Hundreds of Boston Public Schools students climbed Beacon Hill Monday to protest proposed state education budget cuts as the Legislature's Joint Committee on Education began a marathon public hearing inside the State House, drawing heated testimony from supporters and opponents of charter schools and Common Core education standards. The timing of the student rally didn't appear directly linked to the hearing, in which Boston Mayor Marty Walsh voiced opposition to raising the limit on c…