HOUSTON — Families across Houston ISD staged a "sick-out" protest Wednesday, keeping some students home from school in ...

Some 3,000 students reportedly stayed home to protest the state's takeover of the Houston Independent School District.

Local activist group Community Voices for Public Education planned both the sick-out and protest, targeted against the ...

"HISD's job is to provide the highest level of education it can," One parent participating in the sickout said. "It's there ...

HISD parents gathered today for a sickout protest after not feeling heard from Superintendent Mike Miles and the HISD administration. The protest was created in an effort to ...

Houston ISD classrooms could be pretty empty if parents opt into a "sickout" protest on Wednesday morning. Community Voices for Public Education is organizing the protest because they're upset with ...