After Oklahoma’s worthless leadership tried to half step their way around truly funding the state’s schools, Oklahoma teachers walked out in protest. Oklahoma teachers are fighting for the educational lives of the state’s children.
Oklahoma’s teachers are rebelling against a decade of state tax cuts that triggered deep cuts in education spending, forcing about 20 percent of public schools to switch to a four-day-week schedule and pushing average teacher salaries to rank 49th in the country. Teachers haven’t gotten a raise in 10 years.
They’ve gone to social media and begun posting the cold hard facts, in full color detail.
Meanwhile, the Onion breaks down the problem with Oklahoma’s elected leadership.