When kids walk out of school to protest ICE
- Joanne Jacobs
- Feb 8
- 2 min read
A student who walked out of her Fremont, Nebraska high school last week to protest ICE was hit by a car driven by a teenage driver, reports KETV. The driver was cited for leaving the scene of an accident, the student who was hit was cited for walking on the roadway, and several others were cited for criminal mischief and theft, obstructing a police officer, disorderly conduct and criminal mischief.
"Despite claims to the contrary," these walkouts "are almost never spontaneous expressions of student speech," writes Erika Sanzi of Defending Education on Outkick. Schools could be held liable if staff "actively or tacitly" allows students to leave school -- without their parents' knowledge or permission -- and things go wrong.
"We have already seen students fighting at the state capitol in Minnesota during a school walkout," she writes. "Large groups, heightened emotions, limited supervision, and public spaces create foreseeable risks: injuries, traffic incidents, medical emergencies, or physical altercations."
Elsewhere, videos show students scuffling with bystanders, throwing things at cars and -- who knows why? -- tossing their school-issued laptops.
To have any impact, students have to show they care about the issue, not just about getting out of class. Pro tip: No flags except U.S. flags and check the spelling on signs.
"Bluegrasspatriot" posting a clip showing elementary students, including second-graders on a protest march led by an adult. I sure hope it's a private school and that every parent signed a permission slip.
School districts are trying to balance student safety with students' free-speech rights, writes
Evie Blad in Education Week. Administrators can't prevent students from leaving school. They can threaten them with disciplinary action for an unexcused absence.
The fact that they can'tspell the word skipping correctly proves the most important part of this lesson.. stay in class to learn...hold protest outside of learning hrs
Perhaps US K-12 public schools should address the following issues before allowing students
to engage in protesting (or they can do that after school, on a weekend or a school holiday):
The rationale is that when only 22% of 12th graders are proficient in
mathematics, 35% are proficient in reading, and 25% are proficient in
writing based on the latest NAEP results they have NO business protesting
ANYTHING during school hours, period...
Additionally, this article which came out two days ago:
https://nypost.com/2026/02/07/us-news/gen-z-the-first-generation-officially-dubbed-dumber-than-the-last/
“They’re the first generation in modern history to score lower on standardized academic tests than the one before it,” Dr. Jared Cooney Horvath, 43, told The Post. “And to make matters worse, most of these young people are overconfident…
I'm reminded of Governor Reagan after the Berkeley riot, the quote starting at 00:23 :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05xJk9CnoRI
These teachers and administrators just want instill a Triumph of the Will in their students
I wonder if they tell the students who was some of the biggest "activists" in the 20th century?
Of course they're not student led. The students see these "protests" as a chance to get out of class and excuse acting rowdy since it's packaged as a "cause." They're almost always led by those teachers right out of central casting who desperately seek affirmation by being seen as the edgy "radical" teacher.
These two-bit activist types, who are typically compensating for their lack of subject matter knowledge or ability to actually teach, are a dime a dozen in schools. You can always tell who they are by how to present themselves, how they decorate their classrooms, and their long-winded speeches at faculty meetings.
And what they typically fail to notice is that most of their students don't think they're…