In Year of Strikes, Education Plays a Big Role in Elections

Governing: Schools are a hot issue this election cycle, thanks in large part to this year's teacher strikes in states as far-ranging as Arizona, Kentucky, Oklahoma and West Virginia.

In most cases, states are debating increasing teacher salaries and school funding, but charter schools and school choice have also risen to the top of the agenda.

These issues are not only taking center stage in superintendent and school board elections, they are also playing an outsized role in several competitive gubernatorial races and spurring educators to run for office themselves.

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