The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. April 8, 2013 "Occupy the Department of Education" Convenes in D.C. ------------------------------------------------------ Protests were held in Washington, D.C., over the weekend for the second annual Occupy the Department of Education. The three-day event brought together educators and activists for protests and teach-ins challenging corporate-based school reforms embraced under President Obama. .