Are Teacher Strikes Illegal? Depends Where You Are and Who You Ask

Education Week: Teachers have walked off their jobs in five states in recent weeks and months to protest the impact of low state education budgets on the classroom, including on their paychecks.

Have they been engaged in strikes? Aren't strikes by public employees typically illegal?

The answers to those questions have been obscured by differing opinions, fast-moving events, and the raw political power exhibited by the teachers.

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