National News: Walkouts and teacher pay — how did we get here?

Teachers in Arizona are staging what they’re calling a walk-in today. These protests follow a strike in West Virginia that lasted nine consecutive school days and ended with a 5% pay raise for the state’s teachers. Given that this fight over school funding could spread to other states, it’s worth asking: How did we get here?
NPR, April 12, 2018
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