MADRID (AP) — Thousands of students and teachers staged a strike across Spain on Thursday to protest government austerity measures and a planned new education reforms.

The stoppage affected all levels of education and union pickets were placed at many schools and universities across the country. Organizers claimed a 65 percent turnout by teachers for the strike, while the Education Ministry put the figure at 19 percent.

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