Teachers Came Together to Strike. What Will Happen Next?

Education Week: After a historic year in which scores of teachers walked out of their classrooms to protest low pay and lack of education funding, and many ran for political office, education organizers are asking: Where do we go from here?

A half-dozen statewide teacher walkouts occurred last spring, with Facebook a driving force behind them. Rather than the teachers' unions taking charge, those walkouts were primarily grassroots-driven, with tens of thousands of teachers organizing on social media.

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