Sentences with phrase «students met with lawmakers»

Parkland students met with lawmakers Friday in the nation's capital about gun control legislation.

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The organizers and their families will be in Washington, D.C., on that day to meet with lawmakers, and they've invited students from around the country to join them, either in D.C. or in their own communities.

Ryan Deitsch, 18, and other students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School meet with lawmakers on the House floor at the Florida State Capitol in Tallahassee on February 21.

The lawmaker has met with high school students in recent weeks to discuss gun violence, including groups in St. Lawrence County and Whitehall in Washington County.

Anticipating the coming budget battle with Congress, Obama said that educators and the lawmakers that provide funding for schools should continue to focus on directing more resources to low - performing schools; on maintaining high standards for students and providing schools with the resources to meet those standards; and on providing sufficient funding for special - education students and English language learners.

... • More than 400 high school students are expected to visit the Capitol on Wednesday afternoon to meet with state lawmakers about policies that help curb youth usage of tobacco and alcohol.

She met with educators and students at great schools across Michigan, Illinois and Wisconsin and campaigned to make public education a priority for lawmakers.

These issue papers are designed to help participants prepare for their meetings with lawmakers and get attendees thinking about ways the various proposals affect your districts and your students.

ORIGINAL STORY: About 100 students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School poured into the state Capitol this morning to call for tighter gun control laws in the wake of last week's massacre on their school campus, where they met with lawmakers and planned to join with college students for a noon rally.

Politico Morning Education Nearly two dozen students and parents met with lawmakers this week to describe how private school choice has changed their lives.

Good Morning Politico Morning Education Nearly two dozen students and parents met with lawmakers this week to describe how private school choice has changed their lives.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — West Michigan lawmakers will meet with leaders of Grand Rapids Public Schools during a luncheon Monday, Dec. 11, to hear what they need to help students reach their full potential.

TALLAHASSEE — About 50 students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School met with lawmakers Tuesday, telling their stories of last week's shooting that left 17 dead in the hope legislators will pass new gun control laws.

Ian Kravitz, whose daughter is a junior at the school and was one of the students who went to Tallahassee last week to meet with lawmakers, carried a sign reading We Love Our Teachers, We Will Have Your Back.

Board members praised Superintendent Robert Runcie's handling of the crisis as well as the many students who have turned into activists, meeting with lawmakers in Tallahassee to call for stricter gun laws.

In the five weeks since the massacre, the Parkland, Florida, students have been transformed into high - profile gun control advocates, leading school walkouts and meeting with lawmakers as they demand steps be taken to address the issue of gun violence in America.

While the students who bused up from Stoneman Douglas were meeting lawmakers, thousands of gun - control supporters from around the state rallied outside, with hundreds of them pouring into the Capitol afterward.

Some students rode a bus to meet with lawmakers in Tallahassee.