That’s what education activists did today in South Africa, where 80 percent of high schools have been labeled “dysfunctional.” They are calling on the minister for basic education to improve learning conditions and supplies.

But the struggles a world away are not so different than here in Hawaii. Insufficient funding actually reaches the classrooms. The teachers union’s intransigence is blamed for education failures, according to a blog post in the L.A. Times today.

Check out the Times’ report here.