{"id":22881,"date":"2018-04-04T10:49:07","date_gmt":"2018-04-04T14:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=22881"},"modified":"2018-04-04T11:26:54","modified_gmt":"2018-04-04T15:26:54","slug":"why-teachers-are-walking-out-of-the-classroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/why-teachers-are-walking-out-of-the-classroom\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Teachers are Walking Out of the Classroom"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_pop\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/gallery\/share-button-gray.png\" style=\"border:0px\" alt=\"Share\" \/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_icon_type = \"labels\";var hupso_background=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_border=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"wrightslaw\";var hupso_url=\"\";var hupso_title=\"Why%20Teachers%20are%20Walking%20Out%20of%20the%20Classroom\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Why teachers are walking out of the classroom<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n&#8211; by Michael Sykes April 1, 2018 at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/oklahoma-teachers-brace-themselves-6c21da6f-06ef-474c-a2e8-ca84e7d53828.html\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Axios<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/oklahoma-teachers-brace-themselves-6c21da6f-06ef-474c-a2e8-ca84e7d53828.html\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">https:\/\/www.axios.com\/oklahoma-teachers-brace-themselves-6c21da6f-06ef-474c-a2e8-ca84e7d53828.html<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Teachers in Oklahoma are planning to walk out of the classroom next week to demand a salary increase, part of a wave of teacher activism across the country from Arizona to West Virginia.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Why this matters:<\/strong> Teachers are protesting for pay raises and better benefits. In most states their salaries haven&#8217;t kept pace with inflation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_22882\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/oklahoma-teachers-brace-themselves-6c21da6f-06ef-474c-a2e8-ca84e7d53828.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22882\" class=\"wp-image-22882\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/axios.teach_.pay_.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"391\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-22882\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Data: National Center for Education Statistics, The Council for Community and Economic Research; Note: Estimated average annual salary of teachers in public elementary and secondary schools, adjusted for inflation; Chart: Andrew Witherspoon\/Axios<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Data:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/nces.ed.gov\/\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">National Center for Education Statistics<\/span><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/coli.org\/products\/\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">The Council for Community and Economic Research<\/span><\/a>;\u00a0<strong>Note:<\/strong> Estimated average annual salary of teachers in public elementary and secondary schools, adjusted for inflation;\u00a0<strong>Chart:<\/strong> Andrew Witherspoon\/Axios<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;The teachers in Oklahoma<\/strong>, who are planning to walk out on April 2 if no agreement is reached with the state, are following teachers in West Virginia who walked out of the classroom for nine days before finally getting state legislators to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/west-virginia-teacher-strike-ends-after-state-leaders-reach-deal-15a19037-c7fb-40c8-96f7-4fc4791be462.html\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">authorize a pay raise<\/span><\/a>. Teachers in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2018\/03\/14\/denver-teachers-union-strike\/\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Denver<\/span><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azcentral.com\/story\/news\/local\/arizona-education\/2018\/03\/27\/arizona-educators-united-redfored-give-demands-wednesday-rally-state-capitol\/457659002\/\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Arizona<\/span><\/a> have also discussed walking out of the classroom for better funding and pay raises. Teachers in Kentucky had a sick-out on March 30.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u2022 Since 2008, Oklahoma <strong>reduced its funding per student by 28.2%<\/strong>, per a report from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbpp.org\/sites\/default\/files\/atoms\/files\/11-29-17sfp.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Center on Budget and Policy Priorities<\/span><\/a>, and about 20% of the schools in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2018\/02\/08\/584064306\/tax-cuts-put-oklahoma-in-a-bind-now-gov-fallin-wants-to-raise-taxes\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">state can only have classes four days a week<\/span><\/a>.<br \/>\n\u2022 Oklahoma teachers want a raise of $6,000 the first year to reach cost of living rates in Oklahoma and another $4,000 over the next two years, plus $200 million into the school system&#8217;s operation funds over three years and well as better medical care for students with health difficulties.<br \/>\n\u2022 Oklahoma teachers <strong>haven&#8217;t seen a salary increase since 2008<\/strong>. Oklahoma legislators raised taxes on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2018\/03\/29\/us\/oklahoma-arizona-teachers\/index.html\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Wednesday night for the first time in 28 years<\/span><\/a> to give teachers $447 million for raises. However, teachers say that isn&#8217;t good enough.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Related Articles<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/the-red-state-teacher-rebellions-are-spreading--72e04e2a-09cb-4c12-9318-0908e8e71ac4.html\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">The red-state teacher rebellions are spreading<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.axios.com\/the-red-state-teacher-rebellions-are-spreading&#8211;72e04e2a-09cb-4c12-9318-0908e8e71ac4.html<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/oklahoma-teachers-continue-walkout-1522795680\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Oklahoma Teachers Continue Walkout<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/oklahoma-teachers-continue-walkout-1522795680\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/oklahoma-teachers-continue-walkout-1522795680<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\"><a style=\"color: #0066cc;\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.edweek.org\/edweek\/teacherbeat\/2018\/04\/oklahoma_teacher_walkout_will_continue.html\">&#8216;You&#8217;re Losing Support&#8217;: Okla. 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