New Wave of Teacher Strikes Puts Pressure on Strained School Districts

Governing: The momentum following last year's teacher strikes has carried into 2019. On Thursday, teachers in Oakland, Calif., went on strike to demand a 12 percent retroactive pay raise. And earlier this week, West Virginia teachers striked for two days over a proposal that would have created the state’s first charter schools and provided funds for private school vouchers.

Both strikes follow ones from earlier this year in Los Angeles and Denver, as well as a teacher walkout in Virginia.

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