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People inside the North Carolina state Capitol, in Raleigh, look out a window upon the teachers' march Wednesday. Educators, school workers and parents joined the protests to push for greater school funding.

Teachers Take School Funding Fight Straight To North Carolina's Capitol

5:16pm May 16, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

Educators marched on lawmakers' offices in Raleigh on Wednesday, with demands in hand — including better pay and more school funding. Meanwhile, schools closed across the state.

Teachers packed the lobby of the Arizona Capitol in Phoenix in the wee hours of Thursday morning, as lawmakers debated a budget that gives teachers big raises but falls short of their demands for better school funding.

Arizona Teachers End Walkout But Vow To Keep Fighting: 'Now We Must Win The War'

8:21pm May 03, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

Educators aren't satisfied with the pay bump passed Thursday, but after it was signed, they announced they would return to class — roughly a week after their massive statewide walkout began.

Teachers rally outside Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey's executive tower in Phoenix on Monday, their third day of walkouts. On Wednesday, the educators opened the possibility of ending the walkouts on Thursday, one week after they began.

Arizona Teachers Vow To Maintain Walkout 'Until A Budget Is Passed'

8:58pm May 02, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

Nearly a week after the walkout began, teachers said they would accept a budget giving them a pay bump. But, with the budget still not signed, organizers have vowed to stay out of school another day.

Thousands of teachers and their supporters marched outside the Oklahoma state Capitol building during the third day of a statewide education walkout on April 4. The strike ended this week.

Union Leader Calls For An End To Oklahoma Teachers' 9-Day Strike

1:41pm April 14, 2018

by Emily Sullivan

Teachers won a raise of about $6,000 before the walkout, but were not granted the full amount of their demanded funds to improve school conditions.

W. Va. teachers, students and supporters hold signs on a Morgantown, W. Va., street on Saturday. The strike is in its second weekend after the state Senate failed to pass the 5 percent raise teachers are demanding.

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Still No School In W. Va. As Salary Snag Ensures Strike Will Go On

2:01pm March 04, 2018

by Amy Held

The state Senate failed to pass the raise teachers are demanding. Now an end date for the strike is unclear as students face their eighth day of no school.