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Arizona Teachers Face Heavy Resistance as They Continue to Strike

Education Week: On the second day of the historic Arizona teacher strike, a conservative group has sent letters to school superintendents in the state with a warning: Require teachers to return to work, or parents and students might sue.

The Goldwater Institute, a Phoenix-based think tank, has told school leaders that the strike is illegal and violates students' constitutional right to be guaranteed an education. The letter charges that districts closed as part of "a coordinated plan" to allow teachers to skip work without penalty. (If districts had remained open, teachers would have had to use personal leave to miss work. Many district leaders have said they had to close schools because they didn't have sufficient staff to care for students.)

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