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7:45pm Jul 20, 2020

National National

Essential Workers Hold Walkouts And Protests In National 'Strike For Black Lives'

by Rachel Treisman

Front-line workers in several U.S. cities walked off their jobs and took to the streets to demand racial and economic justice.
5:56pm Nov 22, 2019

Education Education

Guilford County Schools Responds To News Of Canceled Bus Driver Strike

by April Laissle Bethany Chafin

News outlets are reporting a planned bus driver strike in Guilford County has been called off.
8:21am Nov 20, 2019

Economy Economy Education

Guilford County Schools Responds To Potential Bus Driver Walkout

by Bethany Chafin

The Guilford County Schools says nearly 150 drivers have submitted leave request forms for Monday and Tuesday of next week.
Nicky Ouellet / MTPR

5:23pm May 03, 2018

National National Politics & Government

Students Held Another School Walkout, This Time For Gun Rights

by Sasha Ingber

A high school senior had called for the nationwide demonstration that took place Wednesday. "These Parkland high school students do not speak for my generation," he wrote in an op-ed.
Matt York / AP

4:28pm Apr 26, 2018

National National Education

'We Simply Can't Take It Any Longer': Teacher Protests Sweep Arizona, Colorado

by Colin Dwyer

Scores of schools have closed in the two states as educators demand pay bumps and boosted budgets. In Arizona, which has seen a massive walkout, tens of thousands are marching through Phoenix.
Christian Carter / WSHU

10:27am Apr 19, 2018

National National Education

Meet The Students Who Dreamed Up Friday's National School Walkout

by Cassandra Basler

Thousands of students across the country are expected to walk out of class Friday to protest violence in schools. And the idea came from a group of kids who live far from Florida.

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12:45pm Mar 15, 2018

National National Education

Central High School Walked Out In The Footsteps Of The Little Rock 9

by Ian Wren

Best known for its role in the 1957 school desegregation crisis, Little Rock Central High School saw hundreds of students walk out of class on Wednesday to protest gun violence.
5:33pm Mar 14, 2018

Education Education

Greensboro Students Participate In National School Walkout Against Gun Violence

by Eddie Garcia

Students at Page High School in Greensboro joined others across the country in peaceful protest Wednesday morning.

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8:00am Mar 12, 2018

Education Education News

As Students Walk Out Against Gun Violence, Educators Offer Support

by Eddie Garcia

The Guilford County Association of Educators is offering support to teachers this week ahead of planned walkouts against gun violence.

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