LOS ANGELES (CNN) - Friday is the day of the National School Walkout, an event conceived by a 16-year-old Connecticut student after the February shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in ...

Montgomery County leaders are urging the public school system to excuse students when they miss school to protest. In a letter sent to the Board of Education, delegates and councilmembers asked ...

The Fort Worth Independent School District says it will no longer automatically excuse a student's absence with a note from a parent, a doctor or even a judge.