About fifty of them gathered outside Harlem schools to protest the state's financial situation, which is leading to teacher layoffs and cuts to programs. One parent says her daughter was scared the protest would get her into trouble, so she demonstrated by joining in a sit-in indoors.

She says more parents should stand behind their kids who are concerned about their education.

"I think it's very awesome that the students are standing up for their teachers. I think the parents need to stand more. I don't see any parents here. I've seen a few people wearing pink clothes which was announced on Facebook that we would all be wearing pink in support of the harlem teachers," Leah Morris, Harlem School Dist.

Students are doing more than just protesting, they're writing about it to their state legislators.

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