/tags/school-walkouts school walkouts en-US WLRN Fri, 21 Apr 2023 11:30:00 GMT /education/2023-04-21/florida-students-walkout-in-protest-of-laws-that-restrict-the-teaching-of-lgbtq-black-history High school and college students across Florida will walk out of their classrooms in protest of legislation that restricts what they can learn in school. Fri, 21 Apr 2023 11:30:00 GMT /education/2023-04-21/florida-students-walkout-in-protest-of-laws-that-restrict-the-teaching-of-lgbtq-black-history Danielle Prieur /news/2022-01-21/tired-of-the-inaction-teens-behind-covid-19-walkouts-in-colorado-texas-want-schools-to-do-more High school students across the country are concerned about COVID-19 safety and demanding more protections from their districts. Fri, 21 Jan 2022 19:23:47 GMT /news/2022-01-21/tired-of-the-inaction-teens-behind-covid-19-walkouts-in-colorado-texas-want-schools-to-do-more /news/2021-04-21/minnesota-students-walk-out-of-school-to-protest-racial-injustice Across the state young people left class in an impromptu demonstration as jurors in Minneapolis began deliberating in the Derek Chauvin trial. Wed, 21 Apr 2021 10:27:17 GMT /news/2021-04-21/minnesota-students-walk-out-of-school-to-protest-racial-injustice Elizabeth Shockman /show/the-south-florida-roundup/2018-04-20/south-florida-school-districts-float-ideas-for-giving-teachers-raises Teachers nationwide are protesting their paychecks. Educators in Arizona voted to walk out, joining similar efforts in Oklahoma, West Virginia and… Fri, 20 Apr 2018 17:21:16 GMT /show/the-south-florida-roundup/2018-04-20/south-florida-school-districts-float-ideas-for-giving-teachers-raises Katie Lepri Cohen /2018-04-20/19-years-after-columbine-students-walk-out-to-stop-gun-violence Some 2,600 school walkouts are planned across the country, starting at 10 a.m. in each time zone. Fri, 20 Apr 2018 15:02:00 GMT /2018-04-20/19-years-after-columbine-students-walk-out-to-stop-gun-violence Laurel Wamsley /news/2018-04-20/marjory-stoneman-douglas-high-students-teachers-protest-on-anniversary-of-columbine It’s been 19 years since the shooting at Columbine High School in Colorado, a little more than two months since the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas… Fri, 20 Apr 2018 14:17:03 GMT /news/2018-04-20/marjory-stoneman-douglas-high-students-teachers-protest-on-anniversary-of-columbine Jessica Bakeman /show/sundial/2018-03-28/revisting-conversations-with-author-edwidge-danticat-and-brett-sokol-coverage-of-school-walkouts Guests for Sundial on Wednesday March 14, 2018:We revisited a past interview with Haitian-American novelist and short story writer Edwidge Danticat. She… Wed, 28 Mar 2018 18:05:34 GMT /show/sundial/2018-03-28/revisting-conversations-with-author-edwidge-danticat-and-brett-sokol-coverage-of-school-walkouts /npr-breaking-news/2018-03-14/across-the-country-students-walk-out-to-protest-gun-violence One month after the shootings in Parkland, thousands of schools are becoming sites of protest. At 10 a.m., students walked out for 17 minutes — one minute for each Parkland victim who died. Wed, 14 Mar 2018 15:01:00 GMT /npr-breaking-news/2018-03-14/across-the-country-students-walk-out-to-protest-gun-violence Camila Domonoske /news/2018-03-14/south-florida-students-walk-out-of-schools-to-protest-gun-violence Exactly one month after the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, students across South Florida and the rest of the country walked out of their… Wed, 14 Mar 2018 12:52:27 GMT /news/2018-03-14/south-florida-students-walk-out-of-schools-to-protest-gun-violence Leslie Ovalle /news/2018-03-13/can-students-be-punished-for-walking-out-one-florida-student-says-she-was Students from across the country are planning to participate in a coordinated national walkout on Wednesday in response to the high school shooting in… Wed, 14 Mar 2018 01:19:27 GMT /news/2018-03-13/can-students-be-punished-for-walking-out-one-florida-student-says-she-was