Sentences with phrase «protests by high school students»

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Students from the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. have organized gun protests and been joined by millions of Americans that have railed against gun violence, assault rifles, and the NRA.

On Monday, a number of high school students protested outside the White House, lying down on the ground to symbolize the Parkland students killed by bullets last week.

On Wednesday, as high school students from DC, Maryland, and Virginia protested in front of the US Capitol and the White House, Sen. Jeff Flake (R - AZ) announced he and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D - CA) were working on a bill that would raise the minimum age to buy an AR - 15 rifle to 21 for buyers who aren't in the military (an initiative opposed by the National Rifle Association).

Last Saturday, the March for Our Lives, a protest led by Parkland's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students geared toward ending gun violence, drew an estimated 800,000 participants in Washington,...

Thousands of students, emboldened by a growing protest movement over gun violence, stood up in their classrooms and walked out of their schools in a nationwide demonstration, one month after a gunman killed 17 people at a high school in Florida.

PHOTO ESSAY BY DONNA ACETO In the first of several nationwide actions initiated by high school students to protest the lack of meaningful legislative action on gun control, young people nationwide walked out of their classrooms on March 14 — some for 17 minutes to commemorate the 17 people killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High -LSB-..BY DONNA ACETO In the first of several nationwide actions initiated by high school students to protest the lack of meaningful legislative action on gun control, young people nationwide walked out of their classrooms on March 14 — some for 17 minutes to commemorate the 17 people killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High -LSB-..by high school students to protest the lack of meaningful legislative action on gun control, young people nationwide walked out of their classrooms on March 14 — some for 17 minutes to commemorate the 17 people killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High -LSB-high school students to protest the lack of meaningful legislative action on gun control, young people nationwide walked out of their classrooms on March 14 — some for 17 minutes to commemorate the 17 people killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High -LSB-High -LSB-...]

The Committee set up by the Upper West Regional Directorate of the Ghana Education Service [GES], to investigate circumstances surrounding a violent protest by students of Erimon Senior High Technical School in the Lawra District, is expected to present its report on Friday, February 2.

Murphy High, the school she attended in Mobile, was one of the first in Alabama to begin integrating black and white students in 1963, despite public protests by the state's then - governor, George Wallace, who famously said during his inaugural address that same year, «Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever.»

Protests by Duncan, S.C., students who displayed Confederate flags at their high school in defiance of school policy resulted this month in dozens of suspensions and a debate over free speech and racially charged expression.

Begun on April 22, 1970, by Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson, the purpose of the day was to create awareness that our natural resources will not last forever and to stress each of our responsibility in protecting and preserving our Earth and its resources.On this day, bags of clean soil were passed out, people spilled oil on sidewalks in Washington, DC, to protest oil spills, high school students swept public spaces, and people wore gas masks to show that our air...

Seven students at Elk River (Minn.) High School who led a demonstration in front of their school last week to protest U.S. involvement in Lebanon and Grenada were suspended for a day by the school's prinSchool who led a demonstration in front of their school last week to protest U.S. involvement in Lebanon and Grenada were suspended for a day by the school's prinschool last week to protest U.S. involvement in Lebanon and Grenada were suspended for a day by the school's prinschool's principal.

By Barney Blakeney Since the February 14 mass murder at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida, students across America have staged protests calling for changes that would protect them from further gun violence.

In this March 30, 2016 photo, students hold signs in favor of opting out of state assessments during a visit by New York Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia to the William Street School in Lancaster, N.Y. New York last year saw the highest rate of opt - outs in the country as parents protested the volume of testing and the high - stakes consequences.

The student protests over gun violence during the past several months, including a huge rally in Washington, D.C., in March, were organized by survivors of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre in Parkland, Florida, on Feb. 14 that left 17 people dead, including 14 students and three staff members.

John Meacham, the erudite presidential historian, was asked if he thought the protest by the students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School would change the gun laws in this country.

Many school districts have also been supportive of the student efforts: At Missoula, Montana's Hellgate High School, for example, principal Judson Miller stopped short of openly endorsing a walkout on February 21 by hundreds of students, but told staffers to use the protest as a «teachable moment.&school districts have also been supportive of the student efforts: At Missoula, Montana's Hellgate High School, for example, principal Judson Miller stopped short of openly endorsing a walkout on February 21 by hundreds of students, but told staffers to use the protest as a «teachable moment.&School, for example, principal Judson Miller stopped short of openly endorsing a walkout on February 21 by hundreds of students, but told staffers to use the protest as a «teachable moment.»

On Monday, hundreds of students backed by the Brighton Park Neighborhood Council and CTU gathered near Kelly High School and marched along California Avenue to protest charter growth.

Led by the mourning but mobilized students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, young people will protest gun violence at March for Our Lives demonstrations in Washington, D.C., Parkland and across the nation on Saturday.

An hysterical chorus of rightwing commentators claimed that the walkouts and protests and angry rebukes of NRA - flunkie politicians by Florida high school students had been orchestrated by leftie political operatives, «Everything they're doing is right out of the Democrat Party's various playbooks,» said Rush Limbaugh, as if a teenager couldn't possibly make the connection between NRA largess and pro-gun politicians without adult guidance.

The shooting reignited the passionate national discussion on gun laws and how to keep communities safe, catalyzing a protest movement led by the young students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

The University has still asked high schools to report incidents where students have practiced responsible citizenship by engaging in peaceful, meaningful protest related to this (or any other) issue but it does not hold «such conduct on its face as inappropriate or inconsistent with their prior conduct, or anything we wouldn't applaud amongst our own students, it will not negatively impact their admissions outcome,» he added.

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