(Students have tagged places in Santiago, Chile, and nearby towns like Viña del Mar with ‘Educación Gratis,’ which means ‘Free Education.’ Photo by Nathan Eagle)

Chilean students are applying the Occupy Movement to education in their continuing fight for reform. 

The Santiago Times reports that high school students occupied at least two schools this week in protest over proposed laws and lack of progress in creating a better education system.

“We pledge ourselves to the radicalization of the student movement, with the main slogan saying no to the ‘Hinzpeter Law’ and no to the criminalization of social demands,” INBA student Diego Mellado told Cooperativa.

Just think what could happen if Hawaii students employed these techniques to spur change? Maybe the Aloha State would no longer be near the bottom of the nation when it comes to public education.