West Virginia Teacher-Pay Movement Grows

Americans overwhelmingly believe teachers don’t make enough money, and half say they’d support paying higher taxes to give educators a raise. The findings of the new AP poll show just 15 percent think teachers are paid the right amount, while 6 percent think they’re paid too much. The overwhelming majority say teachers need to make more. The recent run of teacher protests began in March in West Virginia, where teachers won a raise after going on strike. The strategy soon spread to Oklahoma, Kentucky, Colorado and Arizona, where educators joined together online and have held increasingly frequent protests during the past six weeks.